Peristaltic gel pump driven by chemical energy

Shingo Maeda; Yusuke Hara; Takashi Mikanohara; Shuji Hashimoto

doi:10.1109/ROBIO.2011.6181488

Peristaltic gel pump driven by chemical energy

Shingo Maeda^*, Yusuke Hara, Takashi Mikanohara, Shuji Hashimoto

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Stimuli-responsive polymer gels have been applied to soft actuators. Especially, electroactive polymers are said to be promising materials as advanced soft actuators. Its mechanical motion is controlled by the external stimuli such as a change in solvent composition, pH, temperature and electric field etc. On the other hand, living organisms exhibit an autonomous motion driven by the chemical energy. In this study, we report a novel gel pump that can move spontaneously without external driving stimuli. The gel pump converts the chemical energy of the oscillatory reaction into the mechanical energy inside the gel. Although the gel is completely composed of synthetic polymer, it shows autonomous motion as if it is alive.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2011
Pages	1415-1420
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2011.6181488
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2011 - Phuket Duration: 2011 Dec 7 → 2011 Dec 11

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Other	2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2011
City	Phuket
Period	11/12/7 → 11/12/11

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