ストレインプログラム可能な繊維ベースの人工筋肉
Mehmet Kanik1,2, Sirma Orguc3, Georgios Varnavides1,2,4
1Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
まとめ
研究者達は新しい繊維描画技術を使って 拡張可能な人工筋肉を開発しました この強力なプログラム可能なアクチュエータは ロボット工学や バイオメディカルアプリケーションの 調整可能な寸法と高度なフィードバックを提供します
科学分野:
- 材料科学
- ロボット工学
- バイオメディカルエンジニアリング
背景:
- ポリマーベースのアクチュエータは ロボット工学,ハプティック工学,義肢工学に不可欠です
- 現在の課題は 拡張可能な生産と 人工筋肉の調整可能な寸法です
研究 の 目的:
- 調整可能な寸法を持つ人工筋肉を生産するためのスケーラブルな方法を開発する.
- 強化された制御とフィードバック機能を持つ高性能なファイバーベースのアクチュエータを作成します.
主な方法:
- ハイ・スループット・イテラティブ・ファイバー・ドローイング・テクニックを使用した.
- 3つの大きさのオーダーを超えた 拡張プログラム可能な人工筋肉を製造した
- 導電性ナノワイヤメッシュを統合し,圧縮抵抗性ストレスのフィードバックをします.
主要な成果:
- 熱と光学的に制御可能なファイバーベースのアクチュエータを達成しました.
- 自重の650倍以上を 持ち上げられるアクチュエータ
- 1000%以上の負荷と10^5回以上の変形サイクルに耐えるアクチュエータ.
- 統合されたナノワイヤメッシュは,信頼性の高いストレスのフィードバックと長期的な回復力を提供しました.
結論:
- 拡張可能な繊維抽出技術は,調整可能な寸法を持つ人工筋肉の生産を可能にします.
- この人工筋肉は 特殊な強さや ストレス耐性や 反応力を発揮します
- この技術はロボット工学,ハプティック工学,義肢工学,バイオメディカルアプリケーションの 進歩に大きく貢献します
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