Hydrostatically coupled dielectric elastomer actuators

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 308-315

  Carpi, Federico ^a   Frediani, Gabriele ^a   De Rossi, Danilo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actuator; Dielectric elastomer (DE); Electroactive polymer (EAP); Fluid; Hydrostatic; Liquid; Membrane

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PARTS; ACTUATION PRINCIPLES; DESIGN CONSTRAINTS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELECTRICAL SAFETY; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER (EAP); ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCTION; HYDROSTATIC; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID; SOFT MATERIAL; SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; RUBBER;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 77950594683     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2009.2021651     Document Type: Article

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