1. Self-Oscillating Gel Actuator for Chemical Robotics.
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Maeda, Shingo, Hara, Yusuke, Yoshida, Ryo, and Hashimoto, Shuji
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ACTUATORS , *ROBOTICS , *CHEMICAL reactions , *ROBOTS , *CHEMISTRY - Abstract
In this paper, we introduce self-oscillating gel actuators for chemical robotics. The polymer gels prepared here have cyclic reaction networks like in a metabolic process itself. With a cyclic reaction, the polymer gel swells–shrinks autonomously. The periodic self-oscillating motion of the gel is produced by the dissipating chemical energy of the oscillatory Belouzov–Zhabotinsky reaction. We have succeeded in making the synthetic polymer gel walk autonomously like a living organism. This experimental fact represents the great possibility of the chemical robot. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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