Printing 3D dielectric elastomer actuators for soft robotics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7287, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Rossiter, Jonathan ^a   Waltersb, Peter ^b   Stoimenovc, Boyko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D Printing; Artificial Muscles; Dielectric Elastomer Actuators; Soft Robotics

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTING; 3D PRINTING PROCESS; ACTIVE MEMBRANES; APPLICATION AREA; ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; FABRICATION PROCESS; NEW APPROACHES; PRE-STRAIN; SOFT ACTUATORS; SOFT ROBOTICS; SUPPORT STRUCTURES;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; FABRICATION; MUSCLE; PLASTICS; PRINTING; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; RUBBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 69849103219     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.815746     Document Type: Conference Paper

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