Recruited dielectric elastomer motor units as a pseudomuscular actuator

Federico Lorussi; Alessandro Tognetti; Federico Carpi; Alberto Mazzoldi; Danilo De Rossi

doi:10.1117/12.484323

28 July 2003 Recruited dielectric elastomer motor units as pseudomuscolar actuator

Federico Lorussi, Alessandro Tognetti, Federico Carpi, Alberto Mazzoldi, Danilo De Rossi

Proceedings Volume 5051, Smart Structures and Materials 2003: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD); (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.484323
Event: Smart Structures and Materials, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

This paper presents a strategy of design, realization and control of pseudomuscular actuator controllable in position and compliance. The actuator was designed as a bundle of electromechanical actuating elements, made by dielectric elastomers. The control strategy was inspired to the Feldman's biological muscle model. Presented simulations show that opportune recruitments of the bundle active units enable a satisfying approximation of the quadratic length-force characteristic of the biological muscle.

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Federico Lorussi, Alessandro Tognetti, Federico Carpi, Alberto Mazzoldi, and Danilo De Rossi "Recruited dielectric elastomer motor units as pseudomuscolar actuator", Proc. SPIE 5051, Smart Structures and Materials 2003: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD), (28 July 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.484323

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