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Development of an Oblique Cone Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Module-Connected Vertebrate Fish Robot [PDF]
BiomimeticsAs a soft actuator for fish robots, an oblique cone dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) module inspired by the structure of white muscles in fish was proposed in the authors’ previous study.
Taro Hitomi, Ryuki Sato, Aiguo Ming
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Functional soft robotic composites based on organic photovoltaic and dielectric elastomer actuator [PDF]
Scientific ReportsImproving the energy efficiency of robots remains a crucial challenge in soft robotics, with energy harvesting emerging as a promising approach to address it.
Ahmed Miguel Román Abolhosen +5 more
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A tunable acoustic absorber using reconfigurable dielectric elastomer actuated petals [PDF]
Communications EngineeringDielectric elastomer actuator (DEA)-based unimorphs that actively bend in one direction, can mimic the blooming motion of flower petals. Here we explore an application of such reconfigurable DEA to create tunable acoustic absorber capable of adapting to ...
M. Shrestha +5 more
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Influence of Active-to-Passive Ratio on the Deformation in Circular Dielectric Elastomer Actuators [PDF]
MicromachinesTo further improve the performance of dielectric elastomer actuaotrs (DEAs), the development of novel elastomers with enhanced electro-mechanical properties is focal for the advancement of the technology.
Markus Koenigsdorff +4 more
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Actuators, 2021 Soft actuators are compliant material-based devices capable of producing large deformation upon external stimuli. Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEA) are a type of soft actuator that operates on voltage stimuli. Apart from soft robotics, these actuators
Milan Shrestha +3 more
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Research on control of dielectric elastomer actuator based on BAS-PID algorithm
Xi'an Gongcheng Daxue xuebao, 2021 Because the actuator composed of the dielectric elastomer has a viscoelastic effect during the driving process of the soft robot, which makes it difficult to accurately control the robot, a kind of beetle antennae search(BAS) algorithm optimization PID ...
Jian XU, Nan XI, Zebin SU
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Dielectric elastomer actuators based on stretchable and self-healable hydrogel electrodes [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) based on dielectric elastomer holds promising applications in soft robotics. Compliant electrodes with large stretchability and high electrical conductivity are the vital components for the DEAs.
Yang Gao +5 more
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Actuators, 2021 Successful control of a dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) can be a challenging task, especially if no overshoot is desired. The work presents the first use of the PIλDμ control for a dielectric elastomer actuator to eliminate the overshoot.
Timi Karner, Janez Gotlih
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Nanotechnology Reviews, 2022 Dielectric elastomer (DE) is widely used in various fields because of its advantages of large deformation, lightweight, and good flexibility. In this article, based on our previous research work, the actuation performance of the cone dielectric elastomer
Wang Hong, Yang Liang
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A Wearable Soft Tactile Actuator With High Output Force for Fingertip Interaction
IEEE Access, 2021 This paper reports a soft fingertip-mountable tactile actuator based on a Dielectric Elastomer Actuator (DEA), which exhibits high output force over a wide frequency range with a lightweight and soft structure. DEA is a soft actuator characterized by its
Jung-Hwan Youn, Heeju Mun, Ki-Uk Kyung
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