2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Soft finger with the function of attaching and holding internal organs referring to an octopus sucker
| Project/Area Number |
26630091
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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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 | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | ソフトメカニクス |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study project, we developed a soft finger device with a function of attaching and holding internal organs by using fluid power. It is necessary to attach and hold many kinds of organ softy. Inspired in an octopus, stable adhesive force could be realized by utilizing negative pressure in the sealed space by the object. The suckers had roundly shape for attaching softly and urethane funnels for attaching various kinds of organs. We could verify the validity of the proposed mechanism through experiments, which suggests us that the developed soft finger is effective in the laparoscopic surgery.
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| Free Research Field |
知能機械学・機械システム
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