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    Motion Design-A Gel Robot Approach

    The main focus of this chapter is to propose methods for motion design of deformable machines, using a particular electroactive polymer gel. They are deformable like mollusk that can locomote dynamically or ma...

    Mihoko Otake in Soft Actuators (2019)

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    Book and Conference Proceedings

    New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence

    JSAI-isAI 2015 Workshops, LENLS, JURISIN, AAA, HAT-MASH, TSDAA, ASD-HR, and SKL, Kanagawa, Japan, November 16-18, 2015, Revised Selected Papers

    Mihoko Otake, Setsuya Kurahashi in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2017)

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    Motion Design-A Gel Robot Approach

    The main focus of this chapter is to propose methods for motion design of deformable machines, using a particular electroactive polymer gel. They are deformable like mollusk that can locomote dynamically or ma...

    Mihoko Otake in Soft Actuators (2014)

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    Chapter and Conference Paper

    Development of a Sound Source Localization System for Assisting Group Conversation

    In this study, we developed a sound source localization system, which consists of Jellyfish-02 and HARK robot audition software, in order to reduce the number of wires for evaluating speech duration. Sound sou...

    Mihoko Otake, Myagmarbayar Nergui, Seong-eun Moon in Intelligent Robotics and Applications (2013)

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    Chapter and Conference Paper

    Multiscale Service Design Method and Its Application to Sustainable Service for Prevention and Recovery from Dementia

    This paper proposes multiscale service design method through the development of support service for prevention and recovery from dementia. Proposed multiscale service model consists of tool, event, human, netw...

    Mihoko Otake, Motoichiro Kato, Toshihisa Takagi in New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence (2011)

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    Electroactive Polymer Gel Robots

    Modelling and Control of Artifical Muscles

    Mihoko Otake in Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics (2010)

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    Adsorption-Induced Deformation Model of Electroactive Polymer Gel

    This chapter proposes a model for predicting deformation response of deformable machines consisting of actively deformable materials. This is an attempt to understand activeness and deformability through descr...

    Mihoko Otake in Electroactive Polymer Gel Robots (2010)

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    Interaction-Based Design of Deformable Machines

    This chapter proposes design principle inevitable to build deformable machines. It is well known that different physical phenomena dominate in microscale and nanoscale world. This makes the design of micro-siz...

    Mihoko Otake in Electroactive Polymer Gel Robots (2010)

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    Shape Design through Geometric Variation

    Liu and Calvert constructed an electrically driven linear actuator from a series of layers of polyacrylic acid and polyacrylamide hydrogels[188]. In air, a uniform block of gel will bend in response to an appl...

    Mihoko Otake in Electroactive Polymer Gel Robots (2010)

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    Parameter Identification by One Point Observation

    In this chapter, the model is evaluated and examined that was proposed in the previous chapter. Sticking to the model might be boring to mechanical engineers and robotics researchers, this process is especiall...

    Mihoko Otake in Electroactive Polymer Gel Robots (2010)

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    Polarity Reversal Method for Shape Control

    This chapter proposes a foundation to control shape of deformable machines consisting of actively deformable materials. If the problem is stated in inverse kinematics form, the required method is to control jo...

    Mihoko Otake in Electroactive Polymer Gel Robots (2010)

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    Lumped-Driven Method for Motion Control

    This chapter proposes motion control method for deformable machines consisting of actively deformable materials. If the problem is stated in inverse dynamics form, the required method is to move typical positi...

    Mihoko Otake in Electroactive Polymer Gel Robots (2010)

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    Introduction

    This book challenges to design and control robots made entirely of electroactive polymer gels. They are deformable like mollusk that can locomote dynamically or manipulate things softly. Such a machine has bee...

    Mihoko Otake in Electroactive Polymer Gel Robots (2010)

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    Spatially-Varying Electric Field Design by Planer Electrodes

    This chapter describes the design and implementation of fields generation system to drive deformable machine consisting of actively deformable materials. The purpose is develo** a system to control the shape...

    Mihoko Otake in Electroactive Polymer Gel Robots (2010)

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    Conclusion and Future Works

    This book proposed novel methods for building deformable machines with conceptually infinite degrees of freedom. The bodies of these machines consist of actively deformable materials, which are generally refer...

    Mihoko Otake in Electroactive Polymer Gel Robots (2010)

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    Coimagination Method: Communication Support System with Collected Images and Its Evaluation via Memory Task

    Prevention of dementia is a crucial issue in this aged society. We propose coimagination method for prevention of dementia through supporting interactive communication with images. Coimagination method aims to...

    Mihoko Otake, Motoichiro Kato in Universal Access in Human-Computer Interac… (2009)

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    Chapter and Conference Paper

    Wave-shape pattern control of electroactive polymer gel robots

    Abstract. This paper proposes wave-shape pattern control method for whole-body deformable robots containing electroactive polymers. Mechanisms consisting of a typical electroactive polymer gel containing poly ...

    Mihoko Otake, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Masayuki Inaba in Experimental Robotics IX (2006)