TY - GEN
T1 - Capsule gel robot driven by self-propelled oil droplet
AU - Suzuki, Aya
AU - Maeda, Shingo
AU - Hara, Yusuke
AU - Hashimoto, Shuji
PY - 2012/12/1
Y1 - 2012/12/1
N2 - In this paper, we report a capsule gel robot that has a novel motion ability. The robot is produced by wrapping a chemical reaction system in a gel membrane and demonstrates a rotary motion by moving the center of gravity. We employed an oil-water system wrapped in a capsule where an oil droplet moves autonomously in water phase. We introduced an alginate gelation technique to make spherical hollow gels, in order to fabricate a membrane of capsule gel robot. The produced capsule gel robot showed a rotary motion in water.
AB - In this paper, we report a capsule gel robot that has a novel motion ability. The robot is produced by wrapping a chemical reaction system in a gel membrane and demonstrates a rotary motion by moving the center of gravity. We employed an oil-water system wrapped in a capsule where an oil droplet moves autonomously in water phase. We introduced an alginate gelation technique to make spherical hollow gels, in order to fabricate a membrane of capsule gel robot. The produced capsule gel robot showed a rotary motion in water.
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U2 - 10.1109/IROS.2012.6385738
DO - 10.1109/IROS.2012.6385738
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84872357538
SN - 9781467317375
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
SP - 2180
EP - 2185
BT - 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2012
T2 - 25th IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Robotics and Intelligent Systems, IROS 2012
Y2 - 7 October 2012 through 12 October 2012
ER -