Electrostrictive polymer artificial muscle actuators

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 3, Issue , 1998, Pages 2147-2154

  Kornbluh, Roy ^a   Pelrine, Ron ^a   Eckerle, Joseph ^a   Joseph, Jose ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuators; Dielectric measurements; Electrodes; Electrostatic measurements; Electrostriction; Magnetic field induced strain; Mobile robots; Muscles; Polymers; Torque

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROSTRICTION; MAGNETIC ACTUATORS; MAGNETOSTRICTIVE DEVICES; MECHANICAL ACTUATORS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MUSCLE; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; POLYMERS; ROBOTICS; SILICONES; STRAIN; TORQUE; MANIPULATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYURETHANES; UNIVERSAL JOINTS;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE ACTUATOR; DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROSTATIC MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROSTRICTIVE POLYMERS; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; MAGNETIC FIELD-INDUCED STRAIN; MAGNETOSTRICTIVE ACTUATOR; MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL;

ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; ACTUATORS;

ELECTROSTRICTIVE POLYMER ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE (EPAM) ACTUATORS; LINEAR ELASTIC THEORY;

EID: 0031642974     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.680638     Document Type: Conference Paper

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