2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of Cord Type Actuator with Shape Adaptation Capabilityfor Advanced Endoscopes
| Project/Area Number |
22656042
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Design engineering/Machine functional elements/Tribology
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YOKOTA Shinichi 東京工業大学, 精密工学研究所, 教授 (10092579)
KIM Joon-wan 東京工業大学, 精密工学研究所, 助教 (40401517)
EOM Sang In 東京工業大学, 精密工学研究所, 助教 (20551576)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 先端機能デバイス / マイクロマシン / 知能ロボティクス / 流体 / 医療・福祉 / アクチュエータ / ERF(電気粘性流体) / センサ |
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| Research Abstract |
In order to alleviate pain of subjects in endoscopy, it is effective for the endoscope to adapt its shape to the ones of the organs. In this study, by using electro-rheological fluid (ERF), a novel code type actuator with shape adaptation capability was proposed and developed. The proposed actuator is a series of basic units each of which consists of a movable electrode type ER valveand three bending chambers. The large models were fabricated and experimentally evaluated.
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