Dielectric Elastomer Actuator for Soft Robotics Applications and Challenges

A compliantly coupled dielectric elastomer actuator using magnetic repulsion

(2019) C. Cao et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

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

Application of viscoelasticity to nonlinear analyses of circular and spherical dielectric elastomers

(2019) Hui Zhang et al.   AIP Advances

Fabrication and modeling of dielectric elastomer soft actuator with 3D printed thermoplastic frame

(2019) Fanghao Zhou et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Electrically-latched compliant jumping mechanism based on a dielectric elastomer actuator

(2019) Mihai Duduta et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Shape Memory Alloy-Based Spring Bundle Actuator Controlled by Water Temperature

(2019) Cheol Hoon Park et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Delayed electromechanical instability of a viscoelastic dielectric elastomer balloon

(2019) Xiongfei Lv et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Soft robots based on dielectric elastomer actuators: a review

(2019) Ujjaval Gupta et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Design of Shape Memory Alloy-Based Soft Wearable Robot for Assisting Wrist Motion

(2019) Jaeyeon Jeong et al.   Applied Sciences-Basel

Controlled flight of a microrobot powered by soft artificial muscles

(2019) Yufeng Chen et al.   NATURE

Dielectric elastomer materials for large-strain actuation and energy harvesting: a comparison between styrenic rubber, natural rubber and acrylic elastomer

(2019) Yi Chen et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Enhancing dynamic actuation performance of dielectric elastomer actuators by tuning viscoelastic effects with polar crosslinking

(2019) Matthew Wei Ming Tan et al.   NPG Asia Materials

Predicting the electrical breakdown strength of elastomers

(2019) Jianyou Zhou et al.   Extreme Mechanics Letters

A Soft and Transparent Visuo-Haptic Interface Pursuing Wearable Devices

(2019) Sungryul Yun et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS

Viscoelastic analysis of a spring-connected dielectric elastomer actuator undergoing large inhomogeneous deformation

(2018) H.M. Wang   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES

Electro-Active Polymer Based Soft Tactile Interface for Wearable Devices

(2018) Seongcheol Mun et al.   IEEE Transactions on Haptics

Modeling the Viscoelastic Hysteresis of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators with a Modified Rate-Dependent Prandtl–Ishlinskii Model

(2018) Jiang Zou et al.   Polymers

Dielectric elastomer actuators with increased dielectric permittivity and low leakage current capable of suppressing electromechanical instability

(2018) Philip Caspari et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Viscoelastic effects on the actuation performance of a dielectric elastomer actuator under different equal, un-equal biaxial pre-stretches

(2018) Danh Quang Tran et al.   Materials Research Express

Soft Biomimetic Fish Robot Made of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

(2018) Jun Shintake et al.   Soft Robotics

A Robust Soft Lens for Tunable Camera Application Using Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

(2018) Saekwang Nam et al.   Soft Robotics

Investigation on a soft grasping gripper based on dielectric elastomer actuators

(2018) Shahram Pourazadi et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

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

Modeling of Viscoelastic Electromechanical Behavior in a Soft Dielectric Elastomer Actuator

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

Design and fabrication of twisted monolithic dielectric elastomer actuator

(2017) Ho Sang Jung et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTROL AUTOMATION AND SYSTEMS

Electrically tunable binary phase Fresnel lens based on a dielectric elastomer actuator

(2017) Suntak Park et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Soft dielectric elastomer actuator micropump

(2017) Farah Afiqa Mohd Ghazali et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

A biologically inspired artificial muscle based on fiber-reinforced and electropneumatic dielectric elastomers

(2017) Lei Liu et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

A variable stiffness dielectric elastomer actuator based on electrostatic chucking

(2017) Hiroya Imamura et al.   Soft Matter

Wearable Haptic Systems for the Fingertip and the Hand: Taxonomy, Review, and Perspectives

(2017) Claudio Pacchierotti et al.   IEEE Transactions on Haptics

Multilayer Dielectric Elastomers for Fast, Programmable Actuation without Prestretch

(2016) Mihai Duduta et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

An electro-active polymer based lens module for dynamically varying focal system

(2016) Sungryul Yun et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Dielectric elastomer actuator for mechanical loading of 2D cell cultures

(2016) Alexandre Poulin et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Adaptive liquid lens driven by elastomer actuator

(2016) Boya Jin et al.   OPTICAL ENGINEERING

Analysis and application of a rolled dielectric elastomer actuator with two degrees of freedom

(2016) Huaming Wang et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Multifunctional shape memory electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators enabling high holding force and low-voltage multisegment addressing

(2016) David McCoul et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Multi-Axis Soft Sensors Based on Dielectric Elastomer

(2016) Hongying Zhang et al.   Soft Robotics

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

Modelling of spring roll actuators based on viscoelastic dielectric elastomers

(2015) Junshi Zhang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING

A thin film active-lens with translational control for dynamically programmable optical zoom

(2015) Sungryul Yun et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Printing low-voltage dielectric elastomer actuators

(2015) Alexandre Poulin et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

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

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

Hemispherical breathing mode speaker using a dielectric elastomer actuator

(2015) Naoki Hosoya et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Increasing the performance of dielectric elastomer actuators: A review from the materials perspective

(2015) L.J. Romasanta et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Silver Nanowire Percolation Network Soldered with Graphene Oxide at Room Temperature and Its Application for Fully Stretchable Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes

(2014) Jiajie Liang et al.   ACS Nano

Giant voltage-induced deformation of a dielectric elastomer under a constant pressure

(2014) Hareesh Godaba et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Viscoelastic creep elimination in dielectric elastomer actuation by preprogrammed voltage

(2014) Junshi Zhang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Electroactive liquid lens driven by an annular membrane

(2014) Kang Wei et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Silicone elastomers with high dielectric permittivity and high dielectric breakdown strength based on dipolar copolymers

(2014) Frederikke Bahrt Madsen et al.   POLYMER

Towards the development of active compression bandages using dielectric elastomer actuators

(2014) S Pourazadi et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

A small biomimetic quadruped robot driven by multistacked dielectric elastomer actuators

(2014) Canh Toan Nguyen et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Theory of dielectric elastomers

(2013) Zhigang Suo   ACTA MECHANICA SOLIDA SINICA

Dynamic performance of dissipative dielectric elastomers under alternating mechanical load

(2013) Junshi Zhang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING

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

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

Highly flexible and stretchable carbon nanotube network electrodes prepared by simple brush painting for cost-effective flexible organic solar cells

(2013) Da-Young Cho et al.   CARBON

A review of shape memory alloy research, applications and opportunities

(2013) Jaronie Mohd Jani et al.   MATERIALS & DESIGN

Tunable lenses using transparent dielectric elastomer actuators

(2013) Samuel Shian et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Stretchable, Transparent, Ionic Conductors

(2013) C. Keplinger et al.   SCIENCE

Large, uni-directional actuation in dielectric elastomers achieved by fiber stiffening

(2012) Jiangshui Huang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Model of dissipative dielectric elastomers

(2012) Choon Chiang Foo et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Towards holonomic electro-elastomer actuators with six degrees of freedom

(2012) A T Conn et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Bioinspired Tunable Lens with Muscle-Like Electroactive Elastomers

(2011) Federico Carpi et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Effect of mechanical pre-stretch on the stabilization of dielectric elastomer actuation

(2011) Bo Li et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Mechanisms of large actuation strain in dielectric elastomers

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

A tubular dielectric elastomer actuator: Fabrication, characterization and active vibration isolation

(2011) R. Sarban et al.   MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING

NONEQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS OF DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS

(2011) XUANHE ZHAO et al.   International Journal of Applied Mechanics

Fabrication and Control of Rectilinear Artificial Muscle Actuator

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

Modeling viscoelastic dielectrics

(2010) Wei Hong   JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS

Hydrostatically Coupled Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

(2009) F. Carpi et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Advances in Dielectric Elastomers for Actuators and Artificial Muscles

(2009) Paul Brochu et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

A comparison between silicone and acrylic elastomers as dielectric materials in electroactive polymer actuators

(2009) Silvain Michel et al.   POLYMER INTERNATIONAL

Stacked dielectric elastomer actuator for tensile force transmission

(2009) G. Kovacs et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Wound Roll Dielectric Elastomer Actuators: Fabrication, Analysis, and Experiments

(2008) Arun Rajamani et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Hopping mobility concept for search and rescue robots

(2008) Steven Dubowsky et al.   Industrial Robot-The International Journal of Robotics Research and Application

On designing dielectric elastomer actuators

(2008) Mickael Moscardo et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

A self-sensing dielectric elastomer actuator

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