Conductive Fabric Heaters for Heat-Activated Soft Actuators

Conductive Fabric Heaters for Heat-Activated Soft Actuators

We examine electrically conductive fabrics as conductive heaters for heat-activated soft actuators. We have explored various fabric designs optimized for material properties, heat distribution and actuation/de-actuation characteristics of the soft actuators. We implemented this approach in the silic...

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Main Authors: Mark Cartolano, Boxi Xia, Aslan Miriyev, Hod Lipson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-01-01
Series:Actuators
Subjects:
soft robotics
conductive fabric
soft actuation
soft electronics
heating element
resistive heating
heating pattern
kirigami
thermal imaging
mechanical properties
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/8/1/9

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