Miniaturized Dielectric Elastomer Switch with the Potential as Bricks of Cooperative Multi-Actuator System
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Contributors
Abstract
Collaborative multi-actuator systems will become important in future applications such as robotics, medical devices, and advanced user interfaces. Combining several multi-functional dielectric elastomers (DEs) with Hydraulically Amplified Self-Healing Electrostatic actuators (HASELs), enable multi-actuator networks that combine HASEL’s performance and DE’s multifunctionality. The core to multifunction DEs are dielectric elastomer switches (DESs). These devices enable signal processing capabilities, directly embedded into soft circuitry. In this contribution, we present the application basic DE-circuitry, to combine and intrinsically control multiple DE actuator-DE switch (DEA-DES) unit cells. We raise a mathematical model for such unit cells and networks capable of complex actuation tasks. We predict the multiple outputs of a single input pulse voltage for a highly integrated inverter system through simulation and present first experimental result, to proof the model.
Details
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | ACTUATOR 2024 - International Conference and Exhibition on New Actuator Systems and Applications |
| Publisher | VDE Verlag, Berlin [u. a.] |
| Pages | 241-244 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (electronic) | 9783800758951 |
| ISBN (print) | 9783800763924, 9783800763917 |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
| Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Publication series
| Series | GMM-Fachberichte |
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| Volume | 110 |
| ISSN | 1432-3419 |
Conference
| Title | 19th International Conference and Exhibition on New Actuator Systems and Applications |
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| Abbreviated title | ACTUATOR 2024 |
| Conference number | 19 |
| Duration | 13 - 14 June 2024 |
| Website | |
| Location | Kurhaus Wiesbaden |
| City | Wiesbaden |
| Country | Germany |
External IDs
| ORCID | /0000-0002-8588-9755/work/213147641 |
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| ORCID | /0000-0002-1637-6200/work/213150517 |