Kazuma Takai

Edible Pouch Motors

Kazuma Takai, Ryuma Niiyama, Jun Shintake

Edible robotics offers novel applications in which actuators play a key role. However, most existing edible actuators rely on 3D structures that require complex and laborious fabrication processes, hindering rapid prototyping and deployment. To address this issue, this study explores the use …

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Biodegradable Dielectric Elastomer Actuators and Sensors

Kazuma Takai, Kazuya Murakami, Jun Shintake

Soft robotics, a field dedicated to the development of robots using flexible and compliant materials, has undergone significant progress in recent years, offering a wide range of potential applications. However, most soft robots are fabricated using synthetic elastomeric materials, contributing to environmental …

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Biodegradable Electrohydraulic Soft Actuators

Ryo Kanno, Fabio Caruso, Kazuma Takai, Yegor Piskarev et autres

Biodegradable materials decompose and return to nature. This functionality can be applied to derive robotic systems that are environmentally friendly. This study presents a fully biodegradable soft actuator, which is one of the key elements in “green” soft robotics. The working of …

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Biodegradable soft actuators and sensors

Kazuma Takai, Naoki Hosoya, Jun Shintake

Soft robots using biodegradable materials have being widely studied as a solution to reduce their environmental impacts. In this study, we developed a biodegradable soft robotics sensor and actuator using a gelatin-based material and a natural rubber as electrode and dielectric, respectively. …

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Biodegradable electrohydraulic soft actuators

Ryo Kanno, Fabio Caruso, Kazuma Takai, Yegor Piskarev et autres

Biodegradable materials decompose and return to nature. This functionality can be applied to derive robotic systems that are environmentally friendly. This study presents a fully biodegradable soft actuator, which is one of the key elements in “green” soft robotics. The working of …