共振を利用した釣糸人工筋の高速駆動について

抄録

Twisted and Coiled Polymer Fiber (TCPF) actuators can generate relatively large force, however, they have a disadvantage of slow response due to their thermal actuation. This paper proposes a method to drive TCPF at high speed by using the resonance phenomenon of an elastic beam. Experimental results show that a TCPF with a slow thermal response of approximately 0.04 Hz can even excite vibration of approximately 7 Hz by using the resonance mechanism.