Peristaltic Mixing Pump Based on Bowel Peristalsis Using Pneumatic Artificial Rubber Muscles and Prospects for Practical Applications

Taro Nakamura

doi:10.20965/jrm.2022.p0276

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JRM Vol.34 No.2 pp. 276-278

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2022.p0276

(2022)

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Peristaltic Mixing Pump Based on Bowel Peristalsis Using Pneumatic Artificial Rubber Muscles and Prospects for Practical Applications

Taro Nakamura

Chuo University
1-13-27 Kasuga, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8551, Japan

Received:

September 20, 2021

Accepted:

September 28, 2021

Published:

April 20, 2022

Keywords:

peristaltic motion, mixing pump, artificial muscle, pneumatic soft actuator, soft robotics

Abstract

This letter proposes a peristaltic mixing pump based on bowel peristaltic motion driven by soft pneumatic actuators. Furthermore, various practical applications using the peristaltic mixing pump are introduced, such as mixing and conveying processes for solid rocket fuel production and lifting conveyance of excavated soil and sand during the construction process. First, the bowel peristaltic motion mechanism is introduced from the anatomical perspective. Next, the construction of the peristaltic mixing pump and its actuation mechanism are presented. Finally, the application and prospects of peristaltic mixing pumps are described.

Peristaltic mixing pump based on intestine

Cite this article as:

T. Nakamura, “Peristaltic Mixing Pump Based on Bowel Peristalsis Using Pneumatic Artificial Rubber Muscles and Prospects for Practical Applications,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.34 No.2, pp. 276-278, 2022.

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References

[1] W. A. Kunze and J. B. Furness, “The enteric nervous system and regulation of intestinal motility,” Annu. Rev. Physiol., Vol.61, No.1, pp. 117-142, 1999.
[2] K. Suzuki et al., “Development of a Peristaltic Pump Based on Bowel Peristalsis Using for Artificial Rubber Muscle,” Proc. of The 2010 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2010), pp. 3085-3089, 2010.
[3] S. Oshino et al., “Generalization Capability of Mixture Estimation Model for Peristaltic Continuous Mixing Conveyor,” IEEE Access, Vol.9, pp. 138866-138875, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3112614, 2021.
[4] D. Hagiwara et al., “Soil transport experiment with a multi-unit peristaltic transport machine for compact automatic transportation of excavated soil,” IEEE/SICE Int. Symp. Syst. Integr., pp. 724-728, 2019.

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[1] [1] W. A. Kunze and J. B. Furness, “The enteric nervous system and regulation of intestinal motility,” Annu. Rev. Physiol., Vol.61, No.1, pp. 117-142, 1999.

[2] [2] K. Suzuki et al., “Development of a Peristaltic Pump Based on Bowel Peristalsis Using for Artificial Rubber Muscle,” Proc. of The 2010 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2010), pp. 3085-3089, 2010.

[3] [3] S. Oshino et al., “Generalization Capability of Mixture Estimation Model for Peristaltic Continuous Mixing Conveyor,” IEEE Access, Vol.9, pp. 138866-138875, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3112614, 2021.

[4] [4] D. Hagiwara et al., “Soil transport experiment with a multi-unit peristaltic transport machine for compact automatic transportation of excavated soil,” IEEE/SICE Int. Symp. Syst. Integr., pp. 724-728, 2019.