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Soft Actuators Based On Carbon Nanomaterials
ChemPlusChem, 2022AbstractInspired by the sophisticated design of biological systems, interest in soft intelligent actuators has increased significantly in recent years, providing attractive strategies for the design of elaborate soft mechanical systems. For the construction of those soft actuators, carbon nanomaterials were extensively and successfully explored for the
Longfei Chang +3 more
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Soft Actuators for Small‐Scale Robotics
Advanced Materials, 2016This review comprises a detailed survey of ongoing methodologies for soft actuators, highlighting approaches suitable for nanometer‐ to centimeter‐scale robotic applications. Soft robots present a special design challenge in that their actuation and sensing mechanisms are often highly integrated with the robot body and overall functionality.
Hines, L. +3 more
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Soft haptics using soft actuator and soft sensor
2016 6th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 2016In this paper, we presented fabric-based soft tactile actuator and soft sensor. The force characterization result indicates that the actuator is able to produce force up to about 2.20(±0.017)N, when it is supplied with 80kPa of pressurized air. Hence it is capable of producing sufficient amount of force, which surpasses the human's haptic perception ...
P.M. Khin +6 more
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Bioinspired bistable soft actuators
Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXI, 2019DEAs have been studied for decades as a potential polymer artificial muscle for its excellent mechanical properties and large electric field-induced strains. The structural design of DEAs enhances the actuator performances and converts the electrically–controlled strain to diverse motions including linear motion, bending, twisting and moving with ...
Shuzhen Wei, Huiqi Shao, T. K. Ghosh
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Biomolecular Actuators for Soft Robots
Chemical ReviewsBiomolecules present promising stimuli-responsive mechanisms to revolutionize soft actuators. Proteins, peptides, and nucleic acids foster specific intermolecular interactions, and their boundless sequence design spaces encode precise actuation capabilities.
Michelle C. Quan, Danielle J. Mai
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2017
This dissertation details the research involved in creating the first paper-based soft actuator driven by electroosmosis. To accomplish this, research breakthroughs were made in the fields of electrokinetic pumping and device manufacturing using soft materials. Electroosmosis is an electrically induced microfluidic flow phenomenon.
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This dissertation details the research involved in creating the first paper-based soft actuator driven by electroosmosis. To accomplish this, research breakthroughs were made in the fields of electrokinetic pumping and device manufacturing using soft materials. Electroosmosis is an electrically induced microfluidic flow phenomenon.
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Soft Actuators and Actuation: Design, Synthesis, and Applications
Macromolecular Rapid CommunicationsAbstractSoft actuators are one of the most promising technological advancements with potential solutions to diverse fields’ day‐to‐day challenges. Soft actuators derived from hydrogel materials possess unique features such as flexibility, responsiveness to stimuli, and intricate deformations, making them ideal for soft robotics, artificial muscles, and
Mulenga Kalulu +3 more
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Distributed Actuation Devices Using Soft Gel Actuators
2000ICPF actuator is an electro-active polymer gel actuator. Distinguishing points of this new material are low driving voltage (1.5 V), high-speed response (> 100 Hz), softness (E = 2.2 × 108 Pa), and its ability to function under wet conditions. This paper introduces distributed actuation devices using the ICPF actuators.
Satoshi Tadokoro +3 more
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Multivapor-Responsive Controlled Actuation of Starch-Based Soft Actuators
ACS Applied Materials & InterfacesMultivapor-responsive biocompatible soft actuators have immense potential for applications in soft robotics and medical technology. We report fast, fully reversible, and multivapor-responsive controlled actuation of a pure cassava-starch-based film. Notably, this starch-based actuator sustains its actuated state for over 60 min with a continuous supply
Vipin Kumar +2 more
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