Electromechanical model-based adaptive control of multilayered dielectric elastomer bending actuator

• Main Authors: Zhou, Fanghao, He, Jin, Zhang, Mingqi, Xiao, Youhua, Chen, Zheng, Wong, Tuck Whye, Li, Tiefeng, Xu, Zhongbin, Luo, Yingwu
• Format: Article
• Published: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2021
• Subjects: Q Science (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/94320/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4051657

Dielectric elastomer (DE) possesses attributes such as large deformation and fast response. As a typical DE actuating structure, the multilayered DE bending actuator (MDEBA) is lightweight and can actuate in relatively low voltage without a rigid frame and pre-stretch. These attributes arouse wide r...