Experimental evaluation of optimal conically-shaped dielectric elastomer linear actuators

2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2910-2915

  Berselli, Giovanni ^a   Vertechy, Rocco ^b   Vassura, Gabriele ^a   Castelli, Vincenzo Parenti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compliant mechanisms; Dielectric elastomer actuators

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANT MECHANISM; CONSTANT FORCE; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELASTOMER FILMS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; HAPTIC DEVICES; LIGHT WEIGHT; LINEAR ACTUATOR; PSEUDO-RIGID BODY MODELS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANISMS; PLASTICS; RUBBER;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 76249102950     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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