3A1-I13 Development of the Systems for the Deformation of the Robot Hands Made of Shape Memory Gel(Research News)

Abstract

In this paper, we propose the methods to deform the robot hands made of shape memory gel efficiently. We have developed the robots using the shape memory gel and performed their basic experiments. The shape memory gel is rigid at room temperature and soft at high temperature. The robot using shape memory gel can be deformed repeatedly. We develop two kinds of the system. One is press machine system and the other is molding system using grasped objects. The former is the system to press and deform heated and soft robot hand using linear transmission and molds. The latter is the system to grasp intricately-shaped objects.