Author(s)

Masato Ohmukai¹, Jun Kyokane²

¹Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Akashi College of Technology, Akashi, Japan.
²Center for International Education Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan.

We are investigating a polymer soft actuator using a poly urethane elastomer film that bends by an applied voltage, which is based on the electrostriction. In this article, the bending magnitude was studied in a weight-loaded condition. It was found that the thinner film can bend the more without any load, but that the film of 200-μm thickness gave the largest bending when weights were loaded. The thickness of some degree is critical for large bending torque.

Poly Urethane Elastomer, Soft Actuator, Fullerenol, Dipole Moment

Ohmukai, M. and Kyokane, J. (2017) Response to Applied Voltage to Polyurethane Soft Actuators with Loaded Weights. World Journal of Engineering and Technology, 5, 383-388. doi: 10.4236/wjet.2017.53032.