Establishment of Base Technology on Flexible Micro Mechanisms and their Applications

常规机构配置有刚性材料，金属、硬塑料等。这项研究是为了实现仅由软材料组成的新型机构。为达到这一目的，本研究从基础技术的建立和对实际软机制的实现两个方面展开。作为基础技术，橡胶材料的高精度成型和粘接方法已经建立；作为新型摩擦橡胶片软机构，结肠镜辅助执行器和微型止回阀已经开发出来。

Conventional mechanisms are configured with rigid materials, metals, hard plastics and so on. This study has been done to realize novel mechanisms consisting of only soft materials. To achieve this purpose, the study have two aspects, namely, establishments of basic technology and realizations on actual soft mechanisms. As the basic technology, molding and bonding methods of rubber materials with high accuracy have been established, and as several new soft mechanisms of frictional rubber sheets, assisting actuators for colonoscopy, and micro check valves have been developed.