Improvement of linear actuator with ER gel

Author

Sato, Kentarou ; Koyanagi, Ken´ichi ; Kakinuma, Yasuhiro ; Anzai, Hidenobu ; Sakurai, Koji ; Oshima, Toru

Author_Institution

Dept. of Intell. Syst. Design Eng., Toyama Prefectural Univ., Imizu, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

Sept. 27 2009-Oct. 2 2009

Firstpage

171

Lastpage

176

Abstract

Nowadays, certain kinds of robots have been developed to be used in proximity to daily human activities. Backdriveability is important for robots to act according to users´ movements. We want to develop a linear actuator of high power and backdriveability. In this study we aim to achieve high generative force and backdriveability with a novel linear actuator, because there are many straight line operations in real space. In this paper, we aim to create a new electro-rheological (ER) gel linear actuator by reviewing the prototype ER gel linear actuator.

Keywords

electrorheology; human-robot interaction; intelligent actuators; intelligent robots; mobile robots; service robots; ER gel linear actuator; ERGLA; autonomous human-coexistence robot; daily human activity support; electro-rheological gel linear actuator; high-generative force; human-robot interaction; robot backdriveability; straight line operation; Design engineering; Erbium; Humans; Hydraulic actuators; Orbital robotics; Rehabilitation robotics; Space technology; Stress; Surgery; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2009. RO-MAN 2009. The 18th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Toyama

ISSN

1944-9445

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5081-7

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9445

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROMAN.2009.5326257

Filename

5326257