Microwave Energy Transmission System for Microrobot
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The majority of independent locomotion microrobots pack batteries as their energy source. However, because the energy that can be stored in a battery is proportional to its volume, the operating time becomes shorter as the robot becomes smaller. To solve this problem the energy must be supplied from outside by wireless transmission. We propose a microwave energy transmission system for microrobots in metal piping. Because microwave is rectified and converted in the form of electric energy in this system, we developed a receiving antenna for microrobots in piping and a microwave rectifying circuit to generate high voltage. These were loaded on a microrobot, tested to drive a locomotive mechanism, and the efficiency of the proposed system was confirmed.
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- IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E80-C No.2 pp.303-308
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- 1997/02/25
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- Energy
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Takayuki SHIBATA, Yutaka AOKI, Manabu OTSUKA, Takaharu IDOGAKI, Tadashi HATTORI, "Microwave Energy Transmission System for Microrobot" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics,
vol. E80-C, no. 2, pp. 303-308, February 1997, doi: .
Abstract: The majority of independent locomotion microrobots pack batteries as their energy source. However, because the energy that can be stored in a battery is proportional to its volume, the operating time becomes shorter as the robot becomes smaller. To solve this problem the energy must be supplied from outside by wireless transmission. We propose a microwave energy transmission system for microrobots in metal piping. Because microwave is rectified and converted in the form of electric energy in this system, we developed a receiving antenna for microrobots in piping and a microwave rectifying circuit to generate high voltage. These were loaded on a microrobot, tested to drive a locomotive mechanism, and the efficiency of the proposed system was confirmed.
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AU - Takayuki SHIBATA
AU - Yutaka AOKI
AU - Manabu OTSUKA
AU - Takaharu IDOGAKI
AU - Tadashi HATTORI
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