Electroactive Polymer Gel Robots

Modelling and Control of Artificial Muscles
2009
ISBN: 978-3-540-23955-0
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Buch, Englisch, Band 59, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 559 g

Reihe: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics

By the dawn of the new millennium, robotics has undergone a major tra- formation in scope and dimensions. This expansion has been brought about bythematurityofthe?eldandtheadvancesinitsrelatedtechnologies.From a largely dominant industrial focus, robotics has been rapidly expanding into the challenges of the human world. The new generation of robots is expected to safely and dependably co-habitat with humans in homes, workplaces, and communities,providingsupportinservices,entertainment,education,heal- care, manufacturing, and assistance. Beyond its impact on physical robots, the body of knowledge robotics has produced is revealing a much wider range of applications reaching across - verse research areas and scienti?c disciplines, such as: biomechanics, haptics, neurosciences, virtual simulation, animation, surgery, and sensor networks among others. In return, the challenges of the new emerging areas are pr- ing an abundant source of stimulation and insights for the ?eld of robotics. It is indeed at the intersection of disciplines that the most striking advances happen. The goal of the series of Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics (STAR) is to bring, in a timely fashion, the latest advances and developments in robotics on the basis of their signi?cance and quality. It is our hope that the wider dissemination of research developments will stimulate more exchanges and collaborations among the research community and contribute to further advancement of this rapidly growing ?eld.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Otake, Mihoko

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Organische Chemie Polymerchemie
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Robotik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Polymerwerkstoffe
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Technologie der Kunststoffe und Polymere

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I: Modelling.- Adsorption-Induced Deformation Model of Electroactive Polymer Gel.- Parameter Identification by One Point Observation.- II: Design.- Interaction-Based Design of Deformable Machines.- Spatially-Varying Electric Field Design by Planer Electrodes.- Shape Design through Geometric Variation.- III: Control.- Polarity Reversal Method for Shape Control.- Lumped-Driven Method for Motion Control.- Conclusion and Future Works.