DocumentCode
399368
Title
Fibrous optical actuator containing photochromic molecules
Author
Tanaka, Takayuki ; Mitsui, Ryujiro ; Yamagishi, Naoto ; Kawamura, Toshihiko
Author_Institution
Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan
Volume
2
fYear
2003
fDate
27-31 Oct. 2003
Firstpage
1981
Abstract
This study aims to develop the fibrous optical actuator including the photochromic molecules, which isomerize in reversible by optical energy. This actuator is expected to be eco-friendly, lightweight, small-sized, flexible and noiseless. In this paper, we produce the prototype by diffusing β-carotene in the crystal structure of nylon-6 filament. We investigate the feasibility of the proposed actuator to apply to robots and mechatronics experimentally.
Keywords
crystal structure; isomerisation; mechatronics; microactuators; optical polymers; photochromism; robots; β-carotene diffusion; crystal structure; fibrous optical actuator; mechatronics; nylon-6 filament; optical energy; photochromic molecules; robots; Actuators; Biomedical optical imaging; High speed optical techniques; Mechatronics; Optical control; Optical noise; Optical polymers; Photochromism; Prototypes; Robots;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2003. (IROS 2003). Proceedings. 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7860-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IROS.2003.1248939
Filename
1248939
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