Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering (한국정밀공학회지)

Korean Society for Precision Engineering (한국정밀공학회)
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Stacked Artificial Muscle Actuator Based on Dielectric Elastomer

고분자 유전 탄성체를 이용한 적층형 인공 근육 구동기

  • 권혁용 (성균관대학교 기계공학부) ;
  • 안광준 (성균관대학교 기계공학부) ;
  • 김대경 (성균관대학교 기계공학부) ;
  • 이형석 (성균관대학교 기계공학부) ;
  • ;
  • 구자춘 (성균관대학교 기계공학부) ;
  • 문형필 (성균관대학교 기계공학부) ;
  • 남재도 (성균관대학교 고분자시스템공학과) ;
  • 최혁렬 (성균관대학교 기계공학부)
  • Received : 2011.09.16
  • Accepted : 2011.10.04
  • Published : 2011.11.01
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Abstract

In this work the potential, and the perspectives of the dielectric elastomer actuator are overviewed briefly. As an exemplary work, we introduce a novel contractile artificial muscle actuator based on Synthetic Elastomer(SE). SE is the name of new dielectric elastomer material we have developed and its synthesis procedures and evaluations are described in the first. The contractile artificial muscle actuator is made by stacking the actuator unit one by one along the in thickness direction and finished up by bonding the multi-stacked actuator. Its possibility for the robotic actuator is discussed and demonstrated via experiments.

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