Hydrostatically coupled dielectric elastomer actuators for tactile displays and cutaneous stimulators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7642, Issue , 2010, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actuator; Bubble; Dielectric elastomer; Fluid; Hydrostatic; Liquid; Millimeter

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PARTS; BUBBLE; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ELECTRICAL SAFETY; HYDROSTATIC COUPLING; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID; INTERNAL FLUID; INTERNAL FLUID PRESSURE; MAXIMUM SENSITIVITY; MECHANORECEPTORS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; PASSIVE INTERFACES; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; TACTILE DISPLAY; TACTILE INFORMATION; TRANSMISSION MECHANISMS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DISPLAY DEVICES; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MACHINE DESIGN; MICE (COMPUTER PERIPHERALS); ORGANIC POLYMERS; PLASTICS; RESONANCE; RUBBER; SILICONES;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 77953280201     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.847562     Document Type: Conference Paper

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