抄録
Pneumatic rubber actuators have high compliance and move flexibly, making them work in the various fields of welfare and industry. However, conventional pneumatic actuators need heavy and noisy air compressor, expensive air valves and air tubes to be driven. These make pneumatic actuator immobile. We have developed a new gas source using electrolysis/synthesis of water. It is the gas-liquid reversible chemical reaction. This paper proposes a new pneumatic rubber actuator with PEMFC. The PEMFC can be controlled and downsized easily and mounted on FMA which has two air chambers. In the driving experiment, this new actuator works successfully only with electricity control.
