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Biomimetic robotic artificial muscles /

Biomimetic Robotic Artificial Muscles presents a comprehensive up-to-date overview of several types of electroactive materials with a view of using them as biomimetic artificial muscles. The purpose of the book is to provide a focused, in-depth, yet self-contained treatment of recent advances made i...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kim, Kwang J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Hackensack] N.J. : World Scientific, ©2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Physical principles of ionic polymer-metal composites. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. Manufacturing IPMC materials. 2.3. IPMC electrode selection and associated electrode models. 2.4. Actuation behavior and mechanism of IPMCs. 2.5. More complex configurations of IPMC actuators
  • 3. New IPMC materials and mechanisms. 3.1. Multi-field responsive IPMCs. 3.2. IPMCs loaded with multiwalled carbon nanotubes. 3.3. IPMCs incorporating ZnO thin film. 3.4. A self-oscillating IPMC
  • 4. A systems perspective on modeling of ionic polymer-metal composites. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. A physics-based, control-oriented model. 4.3. A dynamic model for IPMC sensors. 4.4. A nonlinear model for IPMC actuators
  • 5. Conjugated polymer actuators: modeling and control. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Trilayer PPy actuators. 5.3. A scalable electro-chemo-mechanical model. 5.4. Robust adaptive control of conjugated polymer actuators. 5.5. Redox level-dependent admittance model. 5.6. Nonlinear elasticity-based modeling of large bending deformation. 5.7. Nonlinear mechanics-motivated torsional actuator
  • 6. Synthetic dielectric elastomer materials. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Requirements of dielectric elastomer actuator. 6.3. Synthetic elastomer. 6.4. Effects of additives on actuating performance. 6.5. Discussion
  • 7. Dielectric elastomer actuator. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Multi-stacked actuator. 7.3. Controller of multi-stacked actuator. 7.4. Discussion
  • 8. Integrated sensory feedback for EAP actuators. 8.1. Introduction. 8.2. Basic IPMC-PVDF sensori-actuator structure. 8.3. Application to microinjection of drosophila embryos. 8.4. Simultaneous densing of displacement and force. 8.5. Demonstration in feedback control experiments. 8.6. Self-sensing behavior of IPMCs
  • 9. Device and robotic applications of EAPs. 9.1. Modeling of IPMC-actuated robotic fish. 9.2. IPMCs as energy harvesters. 9.3. IPMC actuator-driven valveless micropump. 9.4. PPy petals-actuated micropump. 9.5. Multi-jointed robotic finger driven by dielectric elastomer actuator
  • 10. Closing.