Feedforward control of the rate-dependent viscoelastic hysteresis nonlinearity in dielectric elastomer actuators

J Zou, G Gu - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dielectric elastomer actuators have shown promising applications in the field of soft robotics.
However, due to their rate-dependent viscoelastic hysteresis nonlinearity, it is still …

Modeling the viscoelastic hysteresis of dielectric elastomer actuators with a modified rate-dependent prandtl–ishlinskii model

J Zou, G Gu - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are known as a type of electric-driven artificial muscle
that have shown promising potential in the field of soft robotics. However, the inherent …

Characterization and modeling of viscoelastic hysteresis in a dielectric elastomer actuator

Y Zhao, G Meng, W Zhang - Smart Materials and Structures, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents characterization and modeling for viscoelastic hysteresis exhibited by
dielectric elastomer actuator (DEAs). Firstly, output–input characteristics in terms of …

Dynamic modeling with quantifying dissipated power density and experimental validation of dielectric elastomer actuators

Y Zhao, L Wen - Smart Materials and Structures, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper proposes a dynamic electromechanical model for dielectric elastomer actuators
(DEAs) with dissipative processes. Dielectric loss of elastomers, resistance of electrodes …

[PDF][PDF] Adaptive Tracking Control of Dielectric Elastomer Soft Actuators with Viscoelastic Hysteresis Compensation.

Y Zhao, L Wen - Robotics: Science and Systems, 2023 - roboticsproceedings.org
This paper proposes a new adaptive control method with viscoelastic hysteresis
compensation for high-precision tracking control of dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs). A …