Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 01, 2022 - June 04, 2022
An ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) is a polymer actuator that bends when a voltage is applied. In this paper, we proposed a method for producing a three-dimensional IPMC by three-dimensionally molding an ion exchange resin using a water-soluble support material and plating it with gold. The proposed method has made it possible to manufacture IPMC robots with a complicated three-dimensional shape more easily than before. We showed that IPMC can be manufactured using the water-soluble resin PolyDissolve by the proposed method. We showed that the performance of the completed IPMC changes depending on the solvent component of the Nafion dispersion solution used for molding the ion exchange resin. We also showed that an IPMC robot with a complicated three-dimensional shape can be manufactured using the proposed method, and confirmed its operation.
