1A2-M08 昆虫を用いたバイオハイブリット発電 : 昆虫サイボーグに搭載する電源の開発

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Insects in nature can be regard as tiny and precision system. So in recent years, there are researches of cyborg insect, which utilize insects as micro-robot. However, there is issue battery cells that are too heavy and don't fit insect. In this paper, we propose to get electric power from insects. Power generation was done using two methods, transforming from insect motion energy and from an insect chemical energy into electric energy. Piezoelectric elements are used to transform insect's motion energy into electric energy. To transform insect chemical energy into electric energy, electrodes attached enzyme and mediator are implanted into insect body. As a result, output maximum electric power was 40nW from insect motion, and 581nW from insect body fluid. This result shows ability of a novel battery for cyborg insects.
一般社団法人日本機械学会の論文
2009-05-25