公开(公告)号：JP2004337307A

公开(公告)日：2004-12-02

申请号：JP2003136280

申请日：2003-05-14

Applicant: Toyota Motor Corp ,  Univ Waseda ,  トヨタ自動車株式会社 ,  学校法人早稲田大学

Inventor： TATARA TAKEHIRO ,  UMIGA MASAHIRO ,  HAYASHI TAKASHI ,  KOMIYA TAKESHI ,  IWATA HIROYASU ,  SUGANO SHIGEKI

IPC: A61F2/54 ,  A61F2/60

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an artificial skin which is used as a member for covering the surfaces of a robot or prosthetic limbs and has characteristics similar to the skin of human beings. SOLUTION: The artificial skin is equipped with a first skin part 2 comprising an elastic body with a first coefficient of friction and a second skin part 3 which has a second coefficient of friction smaller than the first coefficient of friction and is placed on the surface of the first skin part 2 in a reticulated manner. The second skin part 3 is constituted to subside in the first skin part 2 by responding to the increase in a contact pressure between an object in contact and the second skin part 3. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI