Most soft robotic systems are currently dependent on bulky compressors or pumps. A soft actuation method is presented combining hyperelastic membranes and dielectric elastomer actuators to switch between stable deformations of sealed chambers. This method is capable of large repeatable deformations, and has a number of stable states proportional to the number of actuatable membranes in the chamber.
| Author(s): | Hines, Lindsey and Petersen, Kirstin and Sitti, Metin |
| Journal: | Advanced Materials |
| Volume: | 28 |
| Number (issue): | 19 |
| Pages: | 3690--3696 |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Bibtex Type: | Article (article) |
| DOI: | 10.1002/adma.201600107 |
| Electronic Archiving: | grant_archive |
BibTex
@article{hines2016inflated,
title = {Inflated soft actuators with reversible stable deformations},
journal = {Advanced Materials},
abstract = {Most soft robotic systems are currently dependent on bulky compressors or pumps. A soft actuation method is presented combining hyperelastic membranes and dielectric elastomer actuators to switch between stable deformations of sealed chambers. This method is capable of large repeatable deformations, and has a number of stable states proportional to the number of actuatable membranes in the chamber.},
volume = {28},
number = {19},
pages = {3690--3696},
year = {2016},
slug = {hines2016inflated},
author = {Hines, Lindsey and Petersen, Kirstin and Sitti, Metin}
}