Control system design for a dielectric elastomer actuator: The sensory subsystem

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4695, Issue , 2002, Pages 323-334

  Toth, Landy A ^a   Goldenberg, Andrew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Dielectric; Elastomer; Sensor; Strain; Transducer

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELASTOMERS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; POSITION CONTROL; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SENSORS; SENSORY FEEDBACK; STRAIN; TRANSDUCERS;

DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER TRANSDUCERS (DET);

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0036030427     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.475179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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