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Hydrostatically Coupled Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2010
Within the emerging field of polymer-based mechatronics, soft materials showing intrinsic electromechanical transduction properties are being largely studied to develop new types of actuators. Among them, so-called dielectric elastomer (DE) actuators are one of the most promising.
CARPI, FEDERICO, Frediani, Gabriele, De Rossi, Danilo   +2 more
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Folded dielectric elastomer actuators

Smart Materials and Structures, 2007
Polymer-based linear actuators with contractile ability are currently demanded for several types of applications. Within the class of dielectric elastomer actuators, two basic configurations are available today for such a purpose: the multi-layer stack and the helical structure.
CARPI, FEDERICO, Salaris, Claudio, De Rossi, Danilo   +2 more
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Helical dielectric elastomer actuators

Smart Materials and Structures, 2005
This paper presents a new type of contractile polymer-based electromechanical linear actuator. The device belongs to the class of dielectric elastomer actuators, which are typically capable of undergoing large deformations induced by an applied electric field.
CARPI, FEDERICO, Migliore, Antonio, Serra, Giorgio, De Rossi, Danilo   +3 more
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CHARACTERIZATION OF DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER PLANAR ACTUATORS

Sensors and Microsystems, 2002
This work intends to extend the electromechanical characterisation of dielectric elastomer actuators. Planar actuators were realised with a 50m-thick film of an acrylic elastomer coated with compliant electrodes. The isotonic transverse strain, the isometric transverse stress and the driving current, due to a 2 s high voltage impulse, were measured for
CARPI, FEDERICO, P. Chiarelli, A. Mazzoldi, D. De Rossi   +3 more
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Contractile Hydrostatically Coupled Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2012
The so-called hydrostatically coupled dielectric elastomer actuators (HC-DEAs) have recently been described as a means to improve versatility and safety of electroactive polymer actuators made of DEs. HC-DEAs use an incompressible fluid that mechanically couples a DE-based active part to a passive part interfaced to the load.
CARPI, FEDERICO, Frediani, Gabriele, Rossi, Danilo De   +2 more
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Materials for dielectric elastomer actuators

SPIE Proceedings, 2004
Dielectric elastomer actuators consist of an elastomer film sandwiched between compliant electrodes. They work as electrostatic actuators: when a large electric field is applied over the electrodes, the rubber is compressed and the elastomer film elongates in the film plane.
Peter Sommer-Larsen, Anne L. Larsen
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Response of dielectric elastomer actuators

SPIE Proceedings, 2001
Elastomer films sandwiched between compliant electrodes work as electrostatic actuators when a large electric field is applied over the electrodes. We have analyzed the mechanical and electrical response of actuators to a sinusoidal varying driving voltage.
Peter Sommer-Larsen, Jacob C. Hooker, Guggi Kofod, Keld West, Mohammed Benslimane, Peter Gravesen   +5 more
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Twisted Dielectric Elastomer stack Actuator

2016 13th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI), 2016
The purpose of this research is to make an actuator which is easily adaptable to use as artificial muscle by improving structure of stack-type Dielectric Elastomer Actuator (DEA). In contrast with previous stack-type actuator, Single body Dielectric Elastomer stack Actuators (SDEAs) is connected as single body without external frame so that it can be ...
Ho Sang Jung, Sang Yul Yang, Kyeong Ho Cho, Min-Geun Song, Hyouk Ryeol Choi   +4 more
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Compact Dielectric Elastomer Linear Actuators

Advanced Functional Materials, 2018
AbstractThe design and fabrication of a rolled dielectric elastomer actuator is described and the parametric dependence of the displacement and blocked force on the actuator geometry, elastomer layer thickness, voltage, and number of turns is analyzed. Combinations of different elastomers and carbon nanotube electrodes are investigated and optimized to
Huichan Zhao, Aftab M. Hussain, Mihai Duduta, Daniel M. Vogt, Robert J. Wood, David R. Clarke   +5 more
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Millimetre‐scale bubble‐like dielectric elastomer actuators [PDF]

Polymer International, 2009
AbstractHydrostatic coupling has recently been reported as a means to improve the versatility and safety of electromechanical actuators based on dielectric elastomers (DEs). Hydrostatically coupled DE actuators rely on an incompressible fluid that mechanically couples a DE‐based active part to a passive part interfaced to the load.
CARPI, FEDERICO, Frediani, Gabriele, Tarantino, Sergio, De Rossi, Danilo   +3 more
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