• 제목/요약/키워드: Soft Actuator

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스마트 액추에이터를 위한 폴리이미드 및 액정 엘라스토머 이중층의 미세패터닝 (Micropatterning of Polyimide and Liquid Crystal Elastomer Bilayer for Smart Actuator)

  • 성예린;최현승;송원성;바네사;김유리;류연해;김영진;임재민;김대석;최현호
    • 접착 및 계면
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    • 제25권1호
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    • pp.169-274
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    • 2024
  • 최근 외부 자극에 따라 팽창과 수축을 가역적으로 반복하며 형태가 변하는 소재가 주목받고 있다. 이러한 소재는 소프트 로봇, 센서, 인공근육 등 다양한 분야로의 응용가능성을 가지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 고온 물질에 감응하여 이를 보호하거나 감쌀 수 있는 새로운 소재를 제안하였다. 이를 위해, 네마틱-등방성 전이 성질을 지닌 액정 엘라스토머(liquid crystal elastomer, LCE)와 높은 기계적 강도와 고온 수치 안정성을 지닌 폴리이미드(polyimide, PI)를 이용하였다. 용액공정으로 합성된 도프 용액을 마이크로 프린팅 기법에 도입하여 mm 미만의 마이크론 선폭을 지닌 LCE/PI 이중층 구조 2차원 패턴을 개발하였다. 벌집구조로 패턴된 LCE/PI 이중층 메쉬는 PI의 기계적 강도와 LCE 고온 수축 거동의 장점을 동시에 가지고 있었고, LCE 선택적 프린팅을 통해 고온에서 원하는 방향으로의 변형을 유도할 수 있었다. 그 결과, 특정 고온 물질을 가역 반복적으로 감쌀 수 있는 기능을 구현하였다. 본 연구는 LCE 분자 변화에 따라 다양한 온도 구간에서 전기에너지 인가없이 기능을 구현할 수 있는 다양한 액추에이터 분야의 응용 가능성을 시사한다.

비표준 센서 및 구동기 노드를 지원하는 표준사양 기반 스마트팜 연구 (A Study on the Standard-interfaced Smart Farm Supporting Non-Standard Sensor and Actuator Nodes)

  • 방대욱
    • 한국IT서비스학회지
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    • 제19권3호
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    • pp.139-149
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    • 2020
  • There are now many different commercial weather sensors suitable for smart farms, and various smart farm devices are being developed and distributed by companies participating in the government-led smart farm expansion project. However, most do not comply with standard specifications and are therefore limited to use in smart farms. This paper proposed the connecting structure of operating non-standard node devices in smart farms following standard specifications supporting smart greenhouse. This connecting structure was proposed as both a virtual node module method and a virtual node wrapper method. In addition, the SoftFarm2.0 system was experimentally operated to analyze the performance of the implementation of the two methods. SoftFarm2.0 system complies with the standard specifications and supports non-standard smart farm devices. According to the analysis results, both methods do not significantly affect performance in the operation of the smart farm. Therefore, it would be good to select and implement the method suitable for each non-standard smart farm device considering environmental constraints such as power, space, distance of communication between the gateway and the node of the smart farm, and software openness. This will greatly contribute to the spread of smart farms by maximizing deployment cost savings.

안정 파지를 위한 16자유도 역구동 관절을 가지는 인간형 로봇 손 개발 (Development of a 16 DOF Anthropomorphic Robot Hand with Back-Drivability Joint for Stable Grasping)

  • 양현대;박성우;박재한;배지훈;백문홍
    • 로봇학회논문지
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    • 제6권3호
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    • pp.220-229
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    • 2011
  • This paper focuses on a development of an anthropomorphic robot hand. Human hand is able to dexterously grasp and manipulate various objects with not accurate and sufficient, but inaccurate and scarce information of target objects. In order to realize the ability of human hand, we develop a robot hand and introduce a control scheme for stable grasping by using only kinematic information. The developed anthropomorphic robot hand, KITECH Hand, has one thumb and three fingers. Each of them has 4 DOF and a soft hemispherical finger tip for flexible opposition and rolling on object surfaces. In addition to a thumb and finger, it has a palm module composed the non-slip pad to prevent slip phenomena between the object and palm. The introduced control scheme is a quitely simple based on the principle of virtual work, which consists of transposed Jacobian, joint angular position, and velocity obtained by joint angle measurements. During interaction between the robot hand and an object, the developed robot hand shows compliant grasping motions by the back-drivable characteristics of equipped actuator modules. To validate the feasibility of the developed robot hand and introduced control scheme, collective experiments are carried out with the developed robot hand, KITECH Hand.

Force Distribution Algorithms For Singularity-Free 3-DOF Parallel Haptic Device With Redundant Actuation

  • Kim, Tae-Ju;Chung, Goo-Bong;Yi, Byung-Ju;Seo, Il-Hong
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 제어로봇시스템학회 2003년도 ICCAS
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    • pp.1598-1602
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    • 2003
  • The parallel-type mechanism provides more accurate and stiff motion than the serial-type mechanism. However, in case of using the haptic device, the performance of the force reflection can be deteriorated due to the singular points existing in workspace. In this paper, we propose a redundantly actuated parallel 3-DOF haptic device, which is singularity-free in the workspace and has an improved force reflection capability. In addition, we propose a new force distribution algorithm, which can reflect force of both high and low resolution, using two sets of actuator with different size. Redundant actuators are attached to the base frame in order to minimize the inertia of the system. Moreover, a wire and gear reduction system is employed to achieve high force reflection along with soft feeling. We confirm the performance of the force reflection capability throughout simulation.

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Design of a Propagation Wave Type Microrobot for Moving on the Slippery Surface

  • Kim, Eui-Jin;Park, Jong-Hyeon
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 제어로봇시스템학회 2003년도 ICCAS
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    • pp.2072-2077
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    • 2003
  • Animal-like robots are serving an important role as a linkage between biology and engineering. So, in this paper, we aim to develop a biomimetic microrobot that mimics the locomotion mechanism of a gastropod. This microrobot has 3 DOF (x, y translation and rotation), and has small size, unlimited traveling range, high resolution and low cost. Its movement can be made using propagation wave that is generated by the controllable sinusoidal voltage source and piezoelectric effects. This soft motion that can be generated by propagation wave and piezoelectric mechanism would be useful for the motion on the slippery surface. So we modeled the propagation wave mechanism including piezoelectric effect and friction on the contact surface, and could know the velocity of the microrobot is dependent on the driving frequency, input voltage peak, propagation wavelength and surface friction coefficient. With these results we design the microrobot, and accomplish its fabrication and experimentation. The development of this microrobot shall be aimed to design an autonomous moving actuator like animal. Also it can be used from micromanipulation system technology to biology and medicine.

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Semi-active fuzzy based control system for vibration reduction of a SDOF structure under seismic excitation

  • Braz-Cesar, Manuel T.;Barros, Rui C.
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • 제21권4호
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    • pp.389-395
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    • 2018
  • This paper presents the application of a semi-active fuzzy based control system for seismic response reduction of a single degree-of-freedom (SDOF) framed structure using a Magnetorheological (MR) damper. Semi-active vibration control with MR dampers has been shown to be a viable approach to protect building structures from earthquake excitation. Moreover, intelligent damping systems based on soft-computing techniques such as fuzzy logic models have the inherent robustness to deal with typical uncertainties and non-linearities present in civil engineering structures. Thus, the proposed semi-active control system uses fuzzy logic based models to simulate the behavior of MR damper and also to develop the control algorithm that computes the required control signal to command the actuator. The results of the numerical simulations show the effectiveness of the suggested semi-active control system in reducing the response of the SDOF structure.

셀룰로오스를 이용한 마이크로 몰드 및 나노섬유 제작 (Fabrication of the micro-mold and nanofiber using cellulose solution)

  • 조기연;임현규;강광선;김재환
    • 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국소음진동공학회 2007년도 추계학술대회논문집
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    • pp.69-72
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    • 2007
  • Cellulose is a beneficial material that has low cost, lightweight, high compatibility and biodegradability. Recently electroactive paper (EAPap) on cellulose base was discovered as a smart material and actuator through ion migration and piezoelectric effect. Furthermore cellulose has a potentiality to apply the display material, because of its high reflectivity, flexibility and high transmittance. The various shapes and height patterns of the Cellulose acetate (CA) solution, such as circle and honeycomb patterns, were fabricated and observed by field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM, S4300 Hitachi). The resulting pattern showed uniform size in the large area without defect. After stretching the CA film with saponification process in the sodium methoxide in methanol solution, Most of the compositions become one directional ordered nanofibers below 50nm.

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캐스팅 방법에 의해 제작한 이온성 고분자-금속 복합체 액추에이터의 기계적 특성 분석 (Analysis of Mechanical Characteristics of ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuators Fabricated by Casting Method)

  • 이승기;김병목;김병규;박정호
    • 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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    • 제52권3호
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    • pp.144-151
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    • 2003
  • IPMC(Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite) is promising candidate material for bio-related actuators mainly due to its biocompatibility and wet and soft properties. The widely used commercialized Nafion film has a few kinds of fixed thicknesses but more various film thicknesses are required for extensive applications. Especially for the enhanced force as an actuator, the thick film is essential. Various Nafion films with thickness of 0.4-1.2mm have been prepared by casting of liquid Nafion. Also, IPMC actuators using casted Nafion films have been fabricated and the basic mechanical properties such as stiffness, displacement and force were measured and analyzed. These results can be used for the optimized design of actuators for different applications.

표면 조도에 따른 이온성 고분자-금속 복합체의 구동특성 (Effect of Surface Roughness on the Actuation of Ionic Polymer Metal Composites)

  • 정성희;송점식;김규석;이석민;문무성
    • 공업화학
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    • 제17권6호
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    • pp.586-590
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    • 2006
  • 전기활성 고분자로서 이온성고분자-금속복합체(Ionic Polymer metal Composites, IPMC)는 화학적 환원방법으로 비교적 쉽게 제조하여 낮은 구동전압에서도 큰 변위를 낼 수 있는 유연성을 지니는 스마트 소재(soft smart material) 중의 하나이다. 제조 시의 화학적 환원방법은 용액 내에서 반응시킴으로써 결과적으로 형성되는 다공성 고분자 막의 표면의 거칠기 때문에 구동체로서의 IPMC의 동작특성에 결함을 줄 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 IPMC의 표면의 거칠기에 대한 구동 특성을 비교하고 표면 조도를 향상시키는 방안으로 표면 이온빔 보조 증착법으로 표면을 개질하였다. 이러한 표면 개질 효과로 인해 IPMC 전극의 표면 저항을 낮추고 반응 속도를 증가시킬 수 있었고, 표면 조도, 모폴로지, 구동력 등을 측정하여 향상된 구동 현상을 나타내는 제조방법에 대한 연구를 하였다.

Dielectric and Piezoelectric Properties of "Lead-free" Piezoelectric Rhombohedral Ba(Ti0.92Zr0.08)O3 Single Crystals

  • Lee, Jong-Yeb;Oh, Hyun-Taek;Lee, Ho-Yong
    • 한국세라믹학회지
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    • 제53권2호
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    • pp.171-177
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    • 2016
  • Rhombohedral $Ba(Ti_{0.92}Zr_{0.08})O_3$ single crystals are fabricated using the cost-effective solid-state single crystal growth (SSCG) method; their dielectric and piezoelectric properties are also characterized. Measurements show that (001) $Ba(Ti_{0.92}Zr_{0.08})O_3$ single crystals have an electromechanical coupling factor ($k_{33}$) higher than 0.85, piezoelectric charge constant ($d_{33}$) of about 950 [pC/N], and piezoelectric voltage constant ($g_{33}$) higher than 40 [${\times}10^{-3}Vm/N$]. Especially the $d_{33}$ of (001) $Ba(Ti_{0.92}Zr_{0.08})O_3$ single crystals was by about six times higher than that of their ceramics. Because their electromechanical coupling factor ($k_{33}$) and piezoelectric voltage constant ($d_{33}$, $g_{33}$) are higher than those of soft PZT ceramics, it is expected that rhombohedral (001) $Ba(Ti_{0.92}Zr_{0.08})O_3$ single crystals can be used as "lead-free" piezoelectric materials in many piezoelectric applications such as actuator, sensor, and transducer.