Antagonistic dielectric elastomer actuator for biologically-inspired robotics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7976, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Conn, Andrew T ^a,b   Rossiter, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROBOTICS LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antagonistic; Bio inspired; Cone actuator; Dielectric elastomer; Multiple degrees of freedom

Indexed keywords

3D MOTION TRACKING; ACRYLIC ELASTOMER; ACTUATION PROPERTY; ANTAGONISTIC; ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; BIO-INSPIRED; BIOLOGICALLY-INSPIRED ROBOTICS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; MULTI-DOF; MULTI-DOF ACTUATOR; MULTIPLE DEGREES OF FREEDOM; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; PASSIVE COMPLIANCE; POWER DENSITIES; PRE-STRAIN; SUPPORT STRUCTURES;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELASTOMERS; GROUND SUPPORTS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PLASTICS; RIGID STRUCTURES; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 79955886820     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.880438     Document Type: Conference Paper

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