Soft robots based on dielectric elastomer actuators: a review

Realizing the potential of dielectric elastomer artificial muscles

(2019) Mihai Duduta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Soft Freestanding Planar Artificial Muscle Based on Dielectric Elastomer Actuator

(2018) Lei Qin et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

A novel flying robot system driven by dielectric elastomer balloon actuators

(2018) Hui Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES

Soft Biomimetic Fish Robot Made of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

(2018) Jun Shintake et al.   Soft Robotics

Design and Characterization of a Soft Dielectric Elastomer Peristaltic Pump Driven by Electromechanical Load

(2018) Guoyong Mao et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

A soft artificial muscle driven robot with reinforcement learning

(2018) Tao Yang et al.   Scientific Reports

A soft gripper of fast speed and low energy consumption

(2018) YuZhe Wang et al.   Science China-Technological Sciences

Dielectric Elastomer Spring-Roll Bending Actuators: Applications in Soft Robotics and Design

(2018) Jinrong Li et al.   Soft Robotics

High-Precision Tracking Control of a Soft Dielectric Elastomer Actuator With Inverse Viscoelastic Hysteresis Compensation

(2018) Jiang Zou et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Bioinspired Soft Actuators for Eyeball Motions in Humanoid Robots

(2018) Lu Li et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Dynamic Modeling and Feedforward Control of Jaw Movements Driven by Viscoelastic Artificial Muscles

(2018) Ujjaval Gupta et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Modeling of Viscoelastic Electromechanical Behavior in a Soft Dielectric Elastomer Actuator

(2017) Guo-Ying Gu et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Open-Loop Control of Creep and Vibration in Dielectric Elastomer Actuators With Phenomenological Models

(2017) Jiang Zou et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Adaptive Sliding-Mode Position Control for Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

(2017) Thorben Hoffstadt et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Electromechanical Control and Stability Analysis of a Soft Swim-Bladder Robot Driven by Dielectric Elastomer

(2017) Bangyuan Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Harnessing Dielectric Breakdown of Dielectric Elastomer to Achieve Large Actuation

(2017) Hui Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MECHANICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Multiple-degrees-of-freedom dielectric elastomer actuators for soft printable hexapod robot

(2017) Canh Toan Nguyen et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Soft Dielectric Elastomer Oscillators Driving Bioinspired Robots

(2017) E.-F. Markus Henke et al.   Soft Robotics

Fast-moving soft electronic fish

(2017) Tiefeng Li et al.   Science Advances

Bottlebrush Elastomers: A New Platform for Freestanding Electroactuation

(2016) Mohammad Vatankhah-Varnoosfaderani et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Multilayer Dielectric Elastomers for Fast, Programmable Actuation without Prestretch

(2016) Mihai Duduta et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Cerebellar-inspired algorithm for adaptive control of nonlinear dielectric elastomer-based artificial muscle

(2016) Emma D. Wilson et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

A highly stretchable autonomous self-healing elastomer

(2016) Cheng-Hui Li et al.   Nature Chemistry

Tunable window device based on micro-wrinkling of nanometric zinc-oxide thin film on elastomer

(2016) Milan Shrestha et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Electrically tunable window device

(2016) Samuel Shian et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Closed loop control of dielectric elastomer actuators based on self-sensing displacement feedback

(2016) G Rizzello et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Modelling and control of double-cone dielectric elastomer actuator

(2016) F Branz et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Ultrafast All-Polymer Electrically Tunable Silicone Lenses

(2015) Luc Maffli et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Self-Repairable, High Permittivity Dielectric Elastomers with Large Actuation Strains at Low Electric Fields

(2015) Simon J. Dünki et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Versatile Soft Grippers with Intrinsic Electroadhesion Based on Multifunctional Polymer Actuators

(2015) Jun Shintake et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Dielectric Elastomer Based “Grippers” for Soft Robotics

(2015) Samuel Shian et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Feedforward deformation control of a dielectric elastomer actuator based on a nonlinear dynamic model

(2015) Guo-Ying Gu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Printing low-voltage dielectric elastomer actuators

(2015) Alexandre Poulin et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Modeling, Identification, and Control of a Dielectric Electro-Active Polymer Positioning System

(2015) Gianluca Rizzello et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY

A Foldable Antagonistic Actuator

(2015) Jun Shintake et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Rollable Multisegment Dielectric Elastomer Minimum Energy Structures for a Deployable Microsatellite Gripper

(2015) Oluwaseun A. Araromi et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Temporal evolution and instability in a viscoelastic dielectric elastomer

(2015) Matthias Kollosche et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

A rotary joint for a flapping wing actuated by dielectric elastomers: design and experiment

(2015) Jianwen Zhao et al.   MECCANICA

Floating compression of Ag nanowire networks for effective strain release of stretchable transparent electrodes

(2015) Jun Beom Pyo et al.   Nanoscale

Inverse modeling and control of a dielectric electro-active polymer smart actuator

(2015) Bui Ngoc Minh Truong et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

A self-healing dielectric elastomer actuator

(2014) Stacy Hunt et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Theory of dielectric elastomers

(2013) Zhigang Suo   ACTA MECHANICA SOLIDA SINICA

Transparent actuator made with few layer graphene electrode and dielectric elastomer, for variable focus lens

(2013) Taeseon Hwang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Very high dielectric strength for dielectric elastomer actuators in liquid dielectric immersion

(2013) Thanh-Giang La et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Self sensing feedback for dielectric elastomer actuators

(2013) Todd A. Gisby et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Tunable lenses using transparent dielectric elastomer actuators

(2013) Samuel Shian et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Stretchable, Transparent, Ionic Conductors

(2013) C. Keplinger et al.   SCIENCE

Compliant Silver Nanowire-Polymer Composite Electrodes for Bistable Large Strain Actuation

(2012) Sungryul Yun et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Electromechanically driven variable-focus lens based on transparent dielectric elastomer

(2012) Sang-ik Son et al.   APPLIED OPTICS

Flexible and stretchable electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators

(2012) Samuel Rosset et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING

Highly compliant transparent electrodes

(2012) Samuel Shian et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Complex interplay of nonlinear processes in dielectric elastomers

(2012) Matthias Kollosche et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

A compact dielectric elastomer tubular actuator for refreshable Braille displays

(2012) P. Chakraborti et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Bioinspired Tunable Lens with Muscle-Like Electroactive Elastomers

(2011) Federico Carpi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Intrinsically Stretchable Polymer Light-Emitting Devices Using Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Composite Electrodes

(2011) Zhibin Yu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Lifetime investigation of dielectric elastomer stack actuators

(2011) M. Matysek et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION

Mechanisms of large actuation strain in dielectric elastomers

(2011) Soo Jin Adrian Koh et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS

Polymer-Embedded Carbon Nanotube Ribbons for Stretchable Conductors

(2010) Yingying Zhang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Very thin transparent, conductive carbon nanotube films on flexible substrates

(2010) Vittorio Scardaci et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Fish-like propulsion of an airship with planar membrane dielectric elastomer actuators

(2010) C Jordi et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Dielectric Elastomer Generators: How Much Energy Can Be Converted?

(2010) Soo Jin Adrian Koh et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Fabrication and Control of Rectilinear Artificial Muscle Actuator

(2010) Nguyen Huu Chuc et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Stretching Dielectric Elastomer Performance

(2010) F. Carpi et al.   SCIENCE

Advances in Dielectric Elastomers for Actuators and Artificial Muscles

(2009) Paul Brochu et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Fault-Tolerant Dielectric Elastomer Actuators using Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Electrodes

(2008) W. Yuan et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Capacitive extensometry for transient strain analysis of dielectric elastomer actuators

(2008) Christoph Keplinger et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Stimuli-responsive hydrogel thin films

(2008) Ihor Tokarev et al.   Soft Matter

A self-sensing dielectric elastomer actuator

(2007) Kwangmok Jung et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL