Self-Actuating and Nonelectronic Machines

Shingo Maeda; Hiroki Shigemune; Hideyuki Sawada

doi:10.20965/jrm.2022.p0249

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JRM Vol.34 No.2 pp. 249-252

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2022.p0249

(2022)

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Self-Actuating and Nonelectronic Machines

Shingo Maeda^, Hiroki Shigemune^, and Hideyuki Sawada^

^*Smart Materials Lab., Shibaura Institute of Technology
3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8548, Japan

^**Active Functional Devices Lab., Shibaura Institute of Technology
3-7-5 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8548, Japan

^***Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan

Received:

September 10, 2021

Accepted:

October 18, 2021

Published:

April 20, 2022

Keywords:

BZ gels, active droplet, self-folding, paper mechatronics

Abstract

We here introduce three types of self-actuating and nonelectronic machines using chemical reactions and physicochemical transformations. Our strategy is to develop completely artificial and autonomous machines that do not rely on electronic components. We herein demonstrate Belousov-Zhabotinsky gel machines, active droplet machines, and paper machines.

Active droplet using rigid frame

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S. Maeda, H. Shigemune, and H. Sawada, “Self-Actuating and Nonelectronic Machines,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.34 No.2, pp. 249-252, 2022.

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[4] Y. Aishan, Y. Yalikun, Y. Shen, Y. Yuan, S. Amaya, T. Okutaki, A. Osaki, S. Maeda, and Y. Tanaka, “A chemical micropump actuated by self-oscillating polymer gel,” Sens. Actuators B: Chem., Vol.337, 129769, 2021.
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[6] M. Yamada, H. Shigemune, S. Maeda, and H. Sawada, “Temperature and Humidity Dependence of Marangoni Convection and Its Effect on the Self-propulsion of an Oil Droplet,” Chem. Lett., Vol.50, No.3, pp. 493-496, 2021.
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[8] H. Shigemune, S. Maeda, E. Iwase, S. Hashimoto, S. Sugano, and H. Sawada, “Programming Stepwise Motility into a Sheet of Paper Using Inkjet Printing,” Adv. Intell. Syst., Vol.3, No.1, 2000153, 2021.

This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationa License.

[1] [1] K. Suzumori, “New Robotics Pioneered by Fluid Power,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.32, No.5, pp. 854-862, 2020.

[2] [2] R. Yoshida, T. Takahashi, Yamaguchi, and T. H. Ichijo, “Self-oscillating gel,” J. Am. Chem. Soc., Vol.118, No.21, pp. 5134-5135, 1996.

[3] [3] K. Yoshimura, Y. Otsuka, Z. Mao, V. Cacucciolo, T. Okutaki, H. Yamagishi, S. Hashimura, N. Hosoya, T. Sato, Y. Yamanishi, and S. Maeda, “Autonomous oil flow generated by self-oscillating polymer gels,” Sci. Rep., Vol.10, Article No.12834, 2020.

[4] [4] Y. Aishan, Y. Yalikun, Y. Shen, Y. Yuan, S. Amaya, T. Okutaki, A. Osaki, S. Maeda, and Y. Tanaka, “A chemical micropump actuated by self-oscillating polymer gel,” Sens. Actuators B: Chem., Vol.337, 129769, 2021.

[5] [5] M. Yamada, H. Shigemune, S. Maeda, and H. Sawada, “Directional and velocity control of active droplets using a rigid-frame,” RSC Adv., Vol.9, No.69, pp. 40523-40530, 2019.

[6] [6] M. Yamada, H. Shigemune, S. Maeda, and H. Sawada, “Temperature and Humidity Dependence of Marangoni Convection and Its Effect on the Self-propulsion of an Oil Droplet,” Chem. Lett., Vol.50, No.3, pp. 493-496, 2021.

[7] [7] H. Shigemune, S. Maeda, Y. Hara, N. Hosoya, and S. Hashimoto, “Origami robot: a self-folding paper robot with an electrothermal actuator created by printing,” IEEE/ASME Trans. Mechatronics, Vol.21, No.6, pp. 2746-2754, 2016.

[8] [8] H. Shigemune, S. Maeda, E. Iwase, S. Hashimoto, S. Sugano, and H. Sawada, “Programming Stepwise Motility into a Sheet of Paper Using Inkjet Printing,” Adv. Intell. Syst., Vol.3, No.1, 2000153, 2021.

Self-Actuating and Nonelectronic Machines

Shingo Maeda*, Hiroki Shigemune**, and Hideyuki Sawada***

Shingo Maeda^, Hiroki Shigemune^, and Hideyuki Sawada^