Title
A self-repairing structure for modules and its control by vibrating actuation mechanisms
Abstract
In this study, we propose a self-repairing mechanism for modules. This mechanism has been developed by studying the self-repairing processes found in nature. Proposed model is considered with the aid of energy given from the external environment. We investigate a self-repairing process using small modules actuated by vibration. We first describe the proposed self-repairing mechanism and its application to the control of a group of modules. We report the development of the vibrator used in this study and formulate the equation of translational and rotational motions of modules placed on this plate. The proposed mechanism is verified by carrying out numerical simulation and experiments. In addition, we introduce two simple structures based on the proposed mechanism.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152825
ICRA
Keywords
Field
DocType
self-repairing mechanism,rotational motion,actuation mechanism,small module,self-repairing process,external environment,self-repairing structure,numerical simulation,simple structure,proposed mechanism,proposed self-repairing mechanism,angular velocity,shape memory alloys,electronic circuits,robots,mathematical model,vibrations,automatic control,force,shape,maintenance engineering
Angular velocity,Computer simulation,Control theory,Automatic control,Control engineering,Shape-memory alloy,Engineering,Vibration,Electronic circuit,Robot,Maintenance engineering
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
2009
1
1050-4729
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.35
9
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Masahiro Shimizu183.91
Kenji Suzuki216825.27