Printed Paper Robot Driven by Electrostatic Actuator

Shigemune, Hiroki; Maeda, Shingo; Cacucciolo, Vito; Iwata, Yoshitaka; Iwase, Eiji; Hashimoto, Shuji; Sugano, Shigeki

doi:10.1109/lra.2017.2658942

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“…3) cover dielectric layer deposition (optional). Existing additive EA manufacturing methods include inkjet printing [61]- [63], screen printing [64], [65], and molding [17], [27] techniques. Inkjet printing EA pads usually involves printing conductive traces (such as silver inks) onto a substrate (such as papers) using an inkjet printer.…”

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Electroadhesion Technologies for Robotics: A Comprehensive Review

2020

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Electroadhesion (EA) is an electrically controllable adhesion mechanism that has been studied and used in fields including active adhesion and attachment, robotic gripping, robotic crawling and climbing, and haptics, for over a century. This is because EA technologies, compared to other existing adhesion solutions, facilitate systems with enhanced adaptability (EA is effective on a wide of range of materials and surfaces), reduced system complexity (EA systems are both mechanically and electrically simpler), low energy consumption, and less-damaging to materials (EA, combined with soft materials, can be used to lift delicate objects). In this survey, we comprehensively detail the working principle, modeling, design, fabrication, characterization, and applications of EA technologies employed in robotics, aiming to provide guidance and offer potential insights for future EA researchers and applicants. Joint and collaborative efforts are still required to promote the in-depth understanding and mature employment of this promising adhesion and gripping technology in various robotic applications.

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Electroadhesion Technologies for Robotics: A Comprehensive Review

2020

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“…It will be important to identify ways to increase their actuation strengths, for instance by combining multiple layers of elastomers. Lastly, fully printed actuators [82] promise to speed up the fabrication of slim actuators, but at the cost of limited actuation speed and strength.…”

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Grand Challenges in Shape-Changing Interface Research

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Roudaut

Steimle

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…It has long been utilized for actuation in micro‐ and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) . An electrostatic force‐controlled microrobot was made by Donald et al Other engineers have incorporated electrostatic force for centimeter‐scale robots and decimeter‐scale wall climbers, and electrostatic forces have been used to actuate soft robotics such as the muscle‐like electrostatic actuator for gripping objects and untethered inchworm‐like robots…”

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Tunable, Flexible, and Resilient Robots Driven by an Electrostatic Actuator

Jin

Zhang

Xü

et al. 2020

Advanced Intelligent Systems

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Robustness, deformability, maneuverability, and ease of fabrication are among the most desirable features of soft robots that can adapt to various working environments and complex terrains. Herein, polymeric thin‐film‐based flexible robots are designed, prototyped, and examined that use mechanical instability and electrostatic force actuation for locomotion. An electrostatic actuator is first developed using a buckled beam that can deform by up to 68% of its height under an applied voltage. A centimeter‐scale robotic bug is then designed that shows superb flexibility, adaptability, and maneuverability by incorporating origami structural elements. For instance, the robotic bug can be completely smashed and still recover its mobility, walk on various terrains, slopes (up to 30°) and narrow spaces, overcome hurdles, make turns, and even move backward with a crawling (linear) and turning (rotation) speed up to 40 mm s−1 and ≈45° s−1, respectively. Such remarkable characteristics are controlled by a set of parameters such as the amplitude and frequency of the input voltage and/or the origami geometries. The facile and tunable design and the actuation principle can potentially enable ample opportunities for the development of the next‐generation soft robotics.

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Printed Paper Robot Driven by Electrostatic Actuator

Cited by 43 publications

References 25 publications

Electroadhesion Technologies for Robotics: A Comprehensive Review

Electroadhesion Technologies for Robotics: A Comprehensive Review

Grand Challenges in Shape-Changing Interface Research

Tunable, Flexible, and Resilient Robots Driven by an Electrostatic Actuator

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