TY - GEN
T1 - Tri-Iron Tetra-Oxide and Silicone Composite Beam Actuator
AU - Song, Kahye
AU - Cha, Youngsu
N1 - Funding Information:
*Corresponding author: Youngsu Cha Research supported by Korea Institute of Science and Technology Institutional Program under Grant KIST 2E28250.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/7/2
Y1 - 2018/7/2
N2 - Soft actuators should have flexible body and be controlled by external inputs. For soft actuator development, it is very important which materials are utilized. Silicone is a typical material for soft actuators and has high flexibility and versatility. We developed a new material actuator by adding the electrical conductivity of tri-iron tetra-oxide to the silicone material properties. We show the whole fabrication process for the actuator. And, for the detailed characteristic investigation, we conduct actuation test of the developed beam type actuator. First, the electrostatic attraction force is applied to the actuator. We show that the actuator is controlled as the amplitude and frequency of the input voltage potential. Also, we searched its resonant frequency for larger motion. In addition, we tested the actuator in influence of magnet and confirm that it works well. It is expected that the actuator can be adapted to various robot researches.
AB - Soft actuators should have flexible body and be controlled by external inputs. For soft actuator development, it is very important which materials are utilized. Silicone is a typical material for soft actuators and has high flexibility and versatility. We developed a new material actuator by adding the electrical conductivity of tri-iron tetra-oxide to the silicone material properties. We show the whole fabrication process for the actuator. And, for the detailed characteristic investigation, we conduct actuation test of the developed beam type actuator. First, the electrostatic attraction force is applied to the actuator. We show that the actuator is controlled as the amplitude and frequency of the input voltage potential. Also, we searched its resonant frequency for larger motion. In addition, we tested the actuator in influence of magnet and confirm that it works well. It is expected that the actuator can be adapted to various robot researches.
KW - beam actuator
KW - silicone
KW - soft actuator
KW - soft material
KW - tri-iron tetra oxide
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064114225&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8664840
DO - 10.1109/ROBIO.2018.8664840
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85064114225
T3 - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2018
SP - 999
EP - 1004
BT - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2018
Y2 - 12 December 2018 through 15 December 2018
ER -