Electroactive Polymer Gel Robots [electronic resource] : Modelling and Control of Artificial Muscles /
Otake, Mihoko.author.
The monograph written by Mihoko Otake combines ideas from chemistry and physics, material science and engineering for the revolutionary development of the so-called gel robots. Electroactive polymers are introduced to build new types of muscular-like actuation for deformable robots. The coverage spans from modelling and design to the development, control and experimental testing. A number of methods are proposed for describing the shapes and motions of such systems. The results are demonstrated for beam-shaped gels curling around an object and starfish-shaped gel robots turning over.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
The monograph written by Mihoko Otake combines ideas from chemistry and physics, material science and engineering for the revolutionary development of the so-called gel robots. Electroactive polymers are introduced to build new types of muscular-like actuation for deformable robots. The coverage spans from modelling and design to the development, control and experimental testing. A number of methods are proposed for describing the shapes and motions of such systems. The results are demonstrated for beam-shaped gels curling around an object and starfish-shaped gel robots turning over.
Robotics.
Automation.
Control engineering.
Mechatronics.
Polymers  .
Artificial intelligence.
System theory.
Biomedical engineering.
Robotics and Automation.
Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.
Polymer Sciences.
Artificial Intelligence.
Systems Theory, Control.
Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.
Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics