Electroactive Polymers for Robotic Application
Publication year: 2007
ISBN: 978-1-84628-372-7
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Electroactive polymers (EAPs) respond to electrical stimulation with large deformations. They are dynamic actuators which have attracted attention from an interdisciplinary audience of engineers and scientists. An enabling EAP technology is emerging which attempts to imitate the properties of natural muscle and which, as a result, can perform a unique function in a variety of biologically-inspired robotics applications. Electroactive Polymers for Robotics Applications covers the fundamental properties, modelling and demonstration of EAPs in robotic applications, focusing particularly on artificial muscles and sensors. Ionic Polymer–Metal Composite Actuators and Dielectric Elastomers are discussed within the book with chapters on their properties and their uses in robotics applications.
Subject: Engineering, Actuators, Artificial Muscles, Elastomer, Electroactive Polymers, Industrie, Polypyrrol, actuator, modeling, polymer, robot, robotics, sensor, sensors, soft robotics, technology
