TITLE:
Response to Applied Voltage to Polyurethane Soft Actuators with Loaded Weights
AUTHORS:
Masato Ohmukai, Jun Kyokane
KEYWORDS:
Poly Urethane Elastomer, Soft Actuator, Fullerenol, Dipole Moment
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of Engineering and Technology,
Vol.5 No.3,
July
12,
2017
ABSTRACT: 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.