| 초록 |
Robotics is a interdisciplinary branch of the electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, computer engineering and others. Artificial skin is a subject of the robot researches, and many scientists have tried to develop the methods of facile imitation of the appearance and expression of skin. For mimicking the expression, the strain of artificial skin should be controllable. In this study, we fabricated thermo-responsive artificial skins using poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAm) and polydimethyl siloxane (Ecoflex). Our artificial skin consisted of PNIPAm hydrogles having aligned micropores and infiltrated Ecoflex. The aligned micropores of PNIPAm was prepared by directional melt crystallization of water, and subsequently Ecoflex 0030 was infiltrated to the pores of the PNIPAm. As the result, we demonstrated the thermo-responsive properties of PNIPAm/Ecoflex composites, which could be used as artificial skin for future robotics which could mimic the appearance and expression of human skins. |
