2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of an ultra-lightweight flexible pneumatic actuator using an origami geometric design method
| Project/Area Number |
24760216
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems
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| Research Institution | The University of Shiga Prefecture (2013)
Ritsumeikan University (2012) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | ソフトメカニクス |
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| Research Abstract |
To realize an extremely lightweight actuator, a design method of an actuator made of plastic films with pleated structures was indicated by experimental evaluations and theoretical models. The pleated structure has some parameters which are pleats pitch, inter-folding amount and a number of pleats. It is easy to design several 3-dimensional shapes. In addition, it makes clear standard characteristics of these actuators experimentally.
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