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Giant Bending Motion of a Soft Actuator Controlled by Hydrogen Gas Pressure

Yoshitake Nishi

Department of Materials Science, Tokai University 1117 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan

Haruhisa Uchida

Department of Materials Science, Tokai University 1117 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan

Hiromasa Yabe

Department of Materials Science, Tokai University 1117 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan

Byungsuk Kim

Department of Materials Science, Tokai University 1117 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan

Takashi Ogasawara

Department of Materials Science, Tokai University 1117 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan

A soft actuator with a giant bending motion controlled by hydrogen pressure for artificial muscles has been innovated. It resembles a bimetal and is constructed with soft silicone rubber sheets for driving and supporting. The LaNi5 hydrogen storage alloy powder is dispersed in the driving sheet. The reversible motion is observed and operated by hydrogenation and degassing. The giant bending motion of over 4000 ppm of strain was observed from 2 min to 3 h of hydrogenation time. The actuator developed shows a giant bending motion as large as that of a typical shape memory alloy.

Key Words: bending motion • soft actuator • silicone polymer • hydrogen storage alloy • LaNi5

This version was published on September 1, 2006

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 17, No. 8-9, 709-711 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X06055765
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