Characterization and Lubrication of Tube-Guided Shape-Memory Alloy Actuators for Smart Textiles

Smart textiles are flexible materials with interactive capabilities such as sensing, actuation, and computing, and in recent years have garnered considerable interest. Shape-memory alloy (SMA) wire is a well-suited for smart textiles due to its high strength, small size, and low mass. However, the c...

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Main Authors: Tim Helps, Adithya Vivek, Jonathan Rossiter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-11-01
Series:Robotics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-6581/8/4/94