Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : September 03, 2017 - September 06, 2017
Recently, development of insect scale robots has been attracting attention. These robots are expected to be used for inspection or sensing in narrow and danger places where human cannot enter. In this study, we fabricated and evaluated piezoelectric thin film actuators intended for flapping wing insect scale robot. We firstly report a FEM analysis results of piezoelectric PZT thin-film actuators. To verify this analysis results, we deposited PZT thin films on micro-fabricated stainless steel substrates and evaluated their crystal structure, electrical properties, and piezoelectric properties of PZT thin films. X-ray diffraction measurements reveal that the PZT thin films have a polycrystalline perovskite structure. The relative dielectric constant of the PZT thin films was 240. FEM analysis results are in good agreement with the resonant frequency. The angular displacement are less than 1° in all measurement points driven by resonant frequency (5Vpp, 2.095 and 2.257 kHz).
