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Book Ionic Polymer Metal Composite Transducer and Self Sensing Ability

Download or read book Ionic Polymer Metal Composite Transducer and Self Sensing Ability written by Doan Ngoc Chi and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ionic Polymer Metal Composite Transducer and Self-Sensing Ability.

Book Smart Actuation and Sensing Systems

Download or read book Smart Actuation and Sensing Systems written by Giovanni Berselli and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of the present book, which tries to summarize in an edited format and in a fairly comprehensive manner, many of the recent technical research accomplishments in the area of Smart Actuators and Smart Sensors, is to combine researchers and scientists from different fields into a single virtual room. The book hence reflects the multicultural nature of the field and will allow the reader to taste and appreciate different points of view, different engineering methods and different tools that must be jointly considered when designing and realizing smart actuation and sensing systems.

Book Ionic Polymer Metallic Composite Transducers for Biomedical Robotics Applications

Download or read book Ionic Polymer Metallic Composite Transducers for Biomedical Robotics Applications written by Andrew J. McDaid and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written for leading edge engineers and researchers, working with non-traditional or smart material based actuators, to help them develop such real world biomedical applications. Electrical, mechanical, mechatronics and control systems engineers will all benefit from the different techniques described in this book. The book may also serve as a reference for advanced research focused undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Book Ionic Polymer Metal Composites  IPMCs

Download or read book Ionic Polymer Metal Composites IPMCs written by Mohsen Shahinpoor and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs) can generate a voltage when physically deformed. Conversely, an applied small voltage or electrical field can induce an array of spectacular large deformation or actuation behaviours in IPMCs, such as bending, twisting, rolling, twirling, steering and undulating. An important smart material, IPMCs have applications in energy harvesting and as self-powered strain or deformation sensors, they are especially suitable for monitoring the shape of dynamic structures. Other uses include soft actuation applications and as a material for biomimetic robotic soft artificial muscles in industrial and medical contexts. This comprehensive volume on ionic polymer metal composites provides a broad coverage of the state of the art and recent advances in the field written by some of the world’s leading experts on various characterizations and modeling of IPMCs. Topics covered in this two volume set include uses in electrochemically active electrodes, electric energy storage devices, soft biomimetic robotics artificial muscles, multiphysics modeling of IPMCs, biomedical applications, IPMCs as dexterous manipulators and tactile sensors for minimally invasive robotic surgery, self-sensing, miniature pumps for drug delivery, IPMC snake-like robots, IPMC microgrippers for microorganisms manipulations, Graphene-based IPMCs and cellulose-based IPMCs or electroactive paper actuators (EAPap). Edited by the leading authority on IMPCs, the broad coverage will appeal to researchers from chemistry, materials, engineering, physics and medical communities interested in both the material and its applications.

Book Ionic Polymer metal Composite Artificial Muscles and Sensors

Download or read book Ionic Polymer metal Composite Artificial Muscles and Sensors written by Zheng Chen (Graduate of Michigan State University) and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Multiphysics Modeling of Dynamic Curvature Sensing in Ionic Polymer Metal Composites  IPMCs  with Application in Soft Robotics

Download or read book Multiphysics Modeling of Dynamic Curvature Sensing in Ionic Polymer Metal Composites IPMCs with Application in Soft Robotics written by Yousef Bahramzadeh and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ionic Polymer Metal Composites as Tactile Sensors

Download or read book Ionic Polymer Metal Composites as Tactile Sensors written by Chris Mieney and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The field of electroactive polymers (EAPs) is rapidly growing. These materials are being scouted for use as linear actuators, specifically in the areas of artificial muscle design, and also for use as biomimetic sensors. IPMCs, or ionic polymer metal composites, are a form of EAP that are being proposed for application in both of these fields. IPMCs are composed of a solvated ionic EAP sandwiched between two metal electrodes. In the literature, there are a wealth of conceptual designs and data related to the use of IPMCs as actuators. However, sufficient data and characterization related to their use as sensors is grossly deficient. This research aims to rectify the gap between the theoretical concept of using these materials for sensing and actual proof of concept by quantifying voltage responses due to small force inputs in various electrolytes (LiCl, NiCl2, NiSO4, and De-Ionized water.) Two different load profiles were implemented to evaluate the voltage response to a continuous input, to assess the feasibility of using IPMCs as a precision sensor, and to a cyclical input, to assess the feasibility of using IPMCs as a simpler binary sensor. Normal and reversed polarity voltage profiles were also collected to quantify the reversibility of the material response. Results from the study showed that the IPMCs showed a reversible response in all liquids tested. The results also showed that the response of the materials in LiCl was the least sensitive, but showed good repeatability, while the response in NiCl2 exhibited the greatest sensitivity, but the worst repeatability. The response in NiSO4 was slightly more sensitive than in LiCl and only slightly less repeatable, but the materials in NiSO4 demonstrated an almost completely reversible response. Interestingly, the response in DI water was only slightly less sensitive than in NiCl2 and results obtained using DI water demonstrated the feasibility of developing an IPMC sensor using DI water as the electrolyte. Overall, the data shows that regardless of the electrolyte of choice, IPMCs demonstrate a repeatable response to a force input and show promise for either precision or 'binary' tactile sensors."--Abstract.

Book Polymer Sensors and Actuators

Download or read book Polymer Sensors and Actuators written by Yoshihito Osada and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by pioneers in the field, this book covers optical, gas, taste, and other sensing systems using various kinds of polymers. It provides all the necessary background information and science to develop a basic understanding of the field, its supporting technologies, and current applications.

Book Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications 4

Download or read book Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications 4 written by Jong-Hwan Kim and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-08 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers all aspects of robot intelligence from perception at sensor level and reasoning at cognitive level to behavior planning at execution level for each low level segment of the machine. It also presents the technologies for cognitive reasoning, social interaction with humans, behavior generation, ability to cooperate with other robots, ambience awareness, and an artificial genome that can be passed on to other robots. These technologies are to materialize cognitive intelligence, social intelligence, behavioral intelligence, collective intelligence, ambient intelligence and genetic intelligence. The book aims at serving researchers and practitioners with a timely dissemination of the recent progress on robot intelligence technology and its applications, based on a collection of papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RiTA), held in Bucheon, Korea, December 14 - 16, 2015. For better readability, this edition has the total of 49 articles grouped into 3 chapters: Chapter I: Ambient, Behavioral, Cognitive, Collective, and Social Robot Intelligence, Chapter II: Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Design for Advanced Robotics, Chapter III: Applications of Robot Intelligence Technology .

Book Polymeric Nanocomposite Materials for Sensor Applications

Download or read book Polymeric Nanocomposite Materials for Sensor Applications written by Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2022-11-16 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polymeric Nanocomposite Materials for Sensor Applications covers all the important aspects of polymer composite-based sensors, from fundamentals to fabrication. Key chapters focus on the materials used for sensors and their characterization, properties, fabrication and classification. Various applications of polymeric sensors are also discussed in detail. This book is an essential reference resource, not only for the materials scientist, but also for researchers, academics, technologists and students working in the sensor technology industry. In modern society, sensors are used in electronics, food packaging, construction, automobile and aerospace applications. The advancement of smart technologies has increased their usage because of their affordability and reliability. Among the materials used for the fabrication of sensors, polymer composites are the most preferred because they are lightweight, versatile, low cost and easy to process. Discusses fundamentals, classification, recent progress, and the current status of polymer nanocomposites in sensing applications Includes coverage of materials and their application-specific modeling Addresses safety issues and environmental degradation Includes broad coverage of a wide range of engineering applications, including food, safety, healthcare, automotive and aerospace Covers pressure sensors, gas sensors, pH sensors, ion selective sensors, alcohol sensors, humidity sensors, aromatic small molecule sensors, enzyme sensors, immunosensors, strain sensors and electrochemical sensors

Book Bioinspired Sensing  Actuation  and Control in Underwater Soft Robotic Systems

Download or read book Bioinspired Sensing Actuation and Control in Underwater Soft Robotic Systems written by Derek A. Paley and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes representative research from the state‐of‐the‐art in the emerging field of soft robotics, with a special focus on bioinspired soft robotics for underwater applications. Topics include novel materials, sensors, actuators, and system design for distributed estimation and control of soft robotic appendages inspired by the octopus and seastar. It summarizes the latest findings in an emerging field of bioinspired soft robotics for the underwater domain, primarily drawing from (but not limited to) an ongoing research program in bioinspired autonomous systems sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. The program has stimulated cross‐disciplinary research in biology, material science, computational mechanics, and systems and control for the purpose of creating novel robotic appendages for maritime applications. The book collects recent results in this area.

Book Advancements in Instrumentation and Control in Applied System Applications

Download or read book Advancements in Instrumentation and Control in Applied System Applications written by Srijan Bhattacharya and published by Engineering Science Reference. This book was released on 2020 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book explores the advancement of instrumentation in various applications"--

Book Energy Harvesting Technologies

Download or read book Energy Harvesting Technologies written by Shashank Priya and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-11-28 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energy Harvesting Technologies provides a cohesive overview of the fundamentals and current developments in the field of energy harvesting. In a well-organized structure, this volume discusses basic principles for the design and fabrication of bulk and MEMS based vibration energy systems, theory and design rules required for fabrication of efficient electronics, in addition to recent findings in thermoelectric energy harvesting systems. Combining leading research from both academia and industry onto a single platform, Energy Harvesting Technologies serves as an important reference for researchers and engineers involved with power sources, sensor networks and smart materials.

Book Handbook of Multiphase Polymer Systems

Download or read book Handbook of Multiphase Polymer Systems written by Abderrahim Boudenne and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 1322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multiphase polymeric systems include a wide range of materials such as composites, blends, alloys, gels, and interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs). A one-stop reference on multiphase polymer systems, this book fully covers the preparation, properties, and applications of advanced multiphase systems from macro to nano scales. Edited by well-respected academics in the field of multiphase polymer systems, the book includes contributions from leading international experts. An essential resource for plastic and rubber technologists, filler specialists and researchers in fields studying thermal and electrical properties.

Book Ionic Polymer Metal Composites  IMPCs

Download or read book Ionic Polymer Metal Composites IMPCs written by Mohsen Shahinpoor and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2016 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive resource on ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs) edited by the leading authority on the subject.

Book Soft Actuators

Download or read book Soft Actuators written by Kinji Asaka and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-08-28 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the second edition of Soft Actuators, originally published in 2014, with 12 chapters added to the first edition. The subject of this new edition is current comprehensive research and development of soft actuators, covering interdisciplinary study of materials science, mechanics, electronics, robotics, and bioscience. The book includes contemporary research of actuators based on biomaterials for their potential in future artificial muscle technology. Readers will find detailed and useful information about materials, methods of synthesis, fabrication, and measurements to study soft actuators. Additionally, the topics of materials, modeling, and applications not only promote the further research and development of soft actuators, but bring benefits for utilization and industrialization. This volume makes generous use of color figures, diagrams, and photographs that provide easy-to-understand descriptions of the mechanisms, apparatus, and motions of soft actuators. Also, in this second edition the chapters on modeling, materials design, and device design have been given a wider scope and made easier to comprehend, which will be helpful in practical applications of soft actuators. Readers of this work can acquire the newest technology and information about basic science and practical applications of flexible, lightweight, and noiseless soft actuators, which differ from conventional mechanical engines and electric motors. This new edition of Soft Actuators will inspire readers with fresh ideas and encourage their research and development, thus opening up a new field of applications for the utilization and industrialization of soft actuators.