「小型走行ロボットの開発」 (1992年秋季講演会)

概要

論文の詳細を見る
Investigation of micromachines and micromachining has started as a nationwide, large-scale R & D project. The research and development are now extensively carried out on an industrial, govermental and academic basis. Aiming at popularizing and promoting micromechanism technology, the micromechanism contest sponsored by the Japan Society of Precision Engineering is held annually. Seiko Instruments developed many types of running microrobots and participated in this contest. One of the microrobots incorporates the world's smallest ultrasonic micromotors developed by Seiko Instrunments, as the drive source. Its miniature size, high torque and quick response characteristics have resulted in very simple mechanism. This allowed us to gain the championship three times in succession. This development has showed not only the problems to be solved in developing micromechanism, but also the fact that an ultrasonic micromotor is effective as a power source for micromechanisms. With respect to speed and control characteristics, a wheel-type micromechanism with currently achieved size has been proved to be suitable for the running microrobot. In the present paper, development of microrobots composed of ultrasonic micromotors are reported mainly on the construction and the basic technology.
社団法人日本時計学会の論文
1993-06-20