Featured Application The main application area of dielectric elastomers is soft robotics as
muscle-like actuators. Abstract This paper reviews state-of-the-art dielectric elastomer …

Dielectric elastomers (DEs) are a type of multifunctional materials with salient features that
are very attractive in developing soft, lightweight, and small-scale transducers and robotics …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) have attracted much interest over the past decades
due to the inherent flexibility, large strain, high efficiency, high energy density, and fast …

Current powered prosthetic and orthotic devices are mostly based on rigid actuators, which
exhibit some intrinsic limitations, such as the reduced number of degrees of freedom, high …

This study examines the dynamics of a smart actuator known as a thermo-electromagneto-
viscoelastic plate. This type of actuator is made of an electro-magneto-active polymer filled …

Inspired by biology and engineered soft active material systems, we propose a new
constitutive formulation for a soft material consisting of soft contractile fibers embedded in a …

Dielectric elastomers (DEs) are a category of soft materials that are capable of large
deformation, however, the actuation performance is affected by snap-through instability. In …

In this paper, based on the standard linear solid rheological model, a dynamics model of
viscoelastic dielectric elastomers (DEs) is developed with incorporation of viscous damping …

Research on dielectric elastomer generators (DEGs) which can be utilized to convert
mechanical energy to electrical energy has gained wide attention lately. However, very few …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) offer robust, high-energy-density solutions for soft
robotics. The proposed end effector consists of three spring roll configuration DEAs, each …