Electro-active polymers (EAPs) are emerging as feasible materials to mimic muscle-like
actuation. Among EAPs, dielectric elastomer (DE) devices are soft or flexible capacitors …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are flexible lightweight actuators that can generate
strains of over 100%. They are used in applications ranging from haptic feedback (mm-sized …

Rigid robotic grippers are not capable of self-adjusting their grip size based on any real-time
changes in the dimensions of the target object. This problem of self-adjustment can be …

Soft robotics is an emerging field enabled by advances in the development of soft materials
with properties commensurate to their biological counterparts, for the purpose of …

Boneless soft robotic fingers cannot apply concentrated forces to pinch a delicate object.
This letter reports a three-dimensional design of dielectric elastomer fingers with higher …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) have shown promises in numerous applications such
as bio‐inspired robotics, tactile displays, tunable optics, and microfluidics, owing to their …

Origami engineering aims to combine origami principles with advanced materials to yield
active origami shapes, which fold and unfold in response to external stimuli. This paper …

The use of origami principles to create 3-dimensional shapes has the potential to
revolutionize active material structures and compliant mechanisms. Active origami structures …

Inchworm based on the voltage actuation of dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are
amongst the simplest types of robots. We demonstrate a proof-of-concept inchworm robot …

Dielectric elastomer (DE) transducers possess various advantages in comparison to
alternative actuator technologies, such as, eg, electromagnetic drive systems. DE can …