Fabrication and modeling of dielectric elastomer soft actuator with 3D printed thermoplastic frame

• Main Authors: Zhou, Fanghao, Zhang, Mingqi, Cao, Xunuo, Zhang, Zhen, Chen, Xiangping, Xiao, Youhua, Liang, Yiming, Wong, Tuck Whye, Li, Tiefeng, Xu, Zhongbin
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2019
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/88433/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2019.02.017

In this paper, we develop the novel approach to design and fabricate dielectric elastomer (DE) actuator integrating with 3D printed flexible structures, demonstrating large deformation and multi-functionalities. This technique facilitates the combination of complex soft structures fused on the DE me...