Locomotive characteristics of swimming mechanism propelled by alternating magnetic field

Issue title: Special Volume: Proceedings of the eleventh International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics ISEM-Versailles ISEM 03

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Sudo, Seiichi^{a; *} | Orikasa, Reiko^a | Honda, Takashi^b

Affiliations: [a] Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iwaki Meisei University, Iino 5-5-1, Chuohdai, Iwaki 970-8551, Japan. Tel.: +81 246 29 7185; Fax: +81 246 29 0577; E-mail: sudou@iwakimu.ac.jp | [b] Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Sensuicho 1-1, Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu 804-8550, Japan. Tel.: +81 938 84 3239; Fax: +81 938 84 3242; E-mail: honda@ele.kyutech.ac.jp

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Seiichi Sudo, Iwaki Meisei University, Iino 5-5-1, Chuohdai, Iwaki 970-8551, Japan

Abstract: This paper is concerned with the micro swimming mechanism propelled by the alternating magnetic field in a water pipe. Locomotive characteristics of the swimming mechanism are investigated for the purpose of the development of micro robots which work in human blood vessels. The swimming mechanism is composed of a small magnet attached to a polyethyleneterephthalate film. The dynamic behaviour of the mechanism is analyzed by a three-dimensional motion analysis system. It was found that the propelling velocity depends on the excitation frequency and dimension of the polyethyleneterephthalate film.

Keywords: micro robot, alternating magnetic field, swimming mechanism, wireless locomotion

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-2004-574

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 19, no. 1-4, pp. 263-267, 2004