Compliant bistable dielectric elastomer actuators for binary mechatronic systems

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference - DETC2005

Volumn 7 A, Issue , 2005, Pages 121-126

  Plante, Jean Sébastien ^a   Dubowsky, Steven ^a   Santer, Matthew ^b   Pellegrino, Sergio ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELASTOMERS; MECHATRONICS;

ANTAGONISTIC ACTUATORS; BINARY MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 33244485852     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2005-85576     Document Type: Conference Paper

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