Freeform Fabrication of Ionomeric Polymer-Metal Composite Actuators [PDF]
, 2005 Ionomeric polymer-metal composite (IPMC) actuators are a type of soft electromechanically active material which offers large displacement, rapid motion with only ~1V stimulus.
Lipson, Hod, Malone, Evan
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, 2021 Abstract The quest for an advanced soft robotic actuator technology that is fast and can execute a wide range of application-specific tasks at multiple length scales is still ongoing. Here, we demonstrate a new design strategy leveraging the concepts of miniaturisation and fibre-reinforcement to realize high-speed inflatable actuators ...
Dietmar Hutmacher +5 more
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Elastomeric Origami: Programmable Paper-Elastomer Composites as Pneumatic Actuators [PDF]
, 2014 The development of soft pneumatic actuators based on composites consisting of elastomers with embedded sheet or fiber structures (e.g., paper or fabric) that are flexible but not extensible is described.
Chen, Xin +3 more
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Self-Sensing Control for Soft-Material Actuators Based on Dielectric Elastomers [PDF]
, 2019 Due to their energy density and softness that are comparable to human muscles dielectric elastomer (DE) transducers are well-suited for soft-robotic applications. This kind of transducer combines actuator and sensor functionality within one transducer so
Hoffstadt, Thorben, Maas, Jürgen
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Electroactive Artificial Muscles Based on Functionally Antagonistic Core–Shell Polymer Electrolyte Derived from PS-b-PSS Block Copolymer [PDF]
, 2018 Electroactive ionic soft actuators, a type of artificial muscles containing a polymer electrolyte membrane sandwiched between two electrodes, have been intensively investigated owing to their potential applications to bioinspired soft robotics, wearable ...
Jun, Kiwoo +9 more
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Novel soft bending actuator based power augmentation hand exoskeleton controlled by human intention [PDF]
, 2018 This article presents the development of a soft material power augmentation wearable robot using novel bending soft artificial muscles. This soft exoskeleton was developed as a human hand power augmentation system for healthy or partially hand disabled ...
A Hosovsky +27 more
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A bistable soft gripper with mechanically embedded sensing and actuation for fast closed-loop grasping [PDF]
, 2019 Soft robotic grippers are shown to be high effective for grasping unstructured objects with simple sensing and control strategies. However, they are still limited by their speed, sensing capabilities and actuation mechanism.
Abidi, Syed Haider +4 more
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Biomimetic microelectronics for regenerative neuronal cuff implants [PDF]
, 2015 Smart biomimetics, a unique class of devices combining the mechanical adaptivity of soft actuators with the imperceptibility of microelectronics, is introduced.
Baunack, Stefan +9 more
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Novel design and position control strategy of a soft robot arm [PDF]
, 2018 This article presents a novel design of a continuum arm, which has the ability to extend and bend efficiently. Numerous designs and experiments have been done to different dimensions on both types of McKibben pneumatic muscle actuators (PMA) in order to ...
Al-Ibadi, A +3 more
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Monolithic shape-programmable dielectric liquid crystal elastomer actuators
, 2019 Macroscale robotic systems have demonstrated great capabilities of high speed, precise, and agile functions. However, the ability of soft robots to perform complex tasks, especially in centimeter and millimeter scale, remains limited due to the ...
Aghakhani, Amirreza +7 more
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