2A1-Q05 Development of the high dielectric constant gel for static molder gel actuators : Manufacture of the composite material with organic particles and the high dielectric constant gel(Mechanism and Control for Actuator (1))

Abstract

We proposed the plasticized PVC gel actuator using electrostatic force. The gel is attracted to electrode applied positive voltage, since the inner negative charge is attracted to positive voltage. The actuator has high responsibility since the gel is moved in air. In this study, the dielectric constant of gel was increased by adding organic particle of polyaniline (PANI), which has high dielectric constant. The dielectric constant and Young's modulus of gel with 20% PANI were 2.8 and 1.6 times higher than pure gel, respectively. The displacement was 1.5 times, since the dielectric constant is effective for this actuator.