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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

A Locomotion Robot Driven by Soft Dielectric Elastomer Resonator

Authors : Chao Tang, Bo Li, Changsheng Bian, Zhiqiang Li, Lei Liu, Hualing Chen

Published in: Intelligent Robotics and Applications

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Dielectric elastomers are a variety of electroactive polymer that deform due to the electrostatic interaction between two electrodes with opposite electric charge. Dielectric elastomer actuators are recognized as one of the most promising soft actuation technologies that have a widely application in soft robots. In this paper, an ultralight locomotion robot based on dielectric elastomers resonance mechanism has been prepared. During operation, a suitable excitation frequency and voltage level were determined experimentally, which provide guidance to optimize on-demand locomotion of the robot. The structure of our robot is very simple and only weight 9.6 g but have a speed of 65 mm/s benefit by dielectric elastomer resonator. The resonance mechanism increases the energy conversion efficiency of dielectric elastomer actuators which has huge potential application in soft robots.

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Metadata
Title
A Locomotion Robot Driven by Soft Dielectric Elastomer Resonator
Authors
Chao Tang
Bo Li
Changsheng Bian
Zhiqiang Li
Lei Liu
Hualing Chen
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Intelligent Robotics and Applications

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-65288-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-65289-4

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65289-4_12

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