Electroactive Polymer (EAP) Actuators as Artificial Muscles - Reality

By Y. Cohen. 2001

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Electromechanical characterisation of dielectric elastomer planar actuators: comparative evaluation of different electrode materials and different counterloads (2003, background): “Dielectric elastomers, one particular class of EAP[7], have been demonstrated to be able to generate strains greater than those obtainable with different types of EAP, as well as considerable stresses and low response times[8,9].”
The static actuation of dielectric elastomer actuators: how does pre-stretch improve actuation? (2008, background): “actuators, known as electroactive polymer actuators [1], are”
Folded dielectric elastomer actuators (2007, background): “For instance, they may find challenging uses as ‘artificial muscles’ [1, 2].”
Electroactive polymers: current capabilities and challenges (2002, methodology): “As technology evolves, great number of biologically inspired robots actuated by EAP materials emulating biological creatures is expected to emerge [Chapters 17 to 21 in Bar-Cohen 2001a].”
Increasing the performance of dielectric elastomer actuators: A review from the materials perspective (2015, background): “A more detailed description can be found in the edited book by Yoseph Bar-Cohen [13].”
Stacked dielectric elastomer actuator for tensile force transmission (2009, background): “For instance, they may find challenging uses as ‘artificial muscles’ [1, 2].”
Hydrogels for Soft Machines (2009, background): “In practice, electrically driven gels provide a large strain, but little force and a very slow response.([127,128]) Shiga et al.”
Helical dielectric elastomer actuators (2005, background): “They are classified into two major groups: ionic EAPs (activated by an electrically driven diffusion of ions and molecules) and electronic EAPs (activated by an electric field) [1].”
Azobenzene photomechanics: prospects and potential applications (2012, background): “They also possess the additional advantages of high processability, easy fabrication, relatively low weight density, low cost as well as low environmental impact of polymeric materials [253, 254].”