Artificial muscle for soft robotics: Low voltage, high hopes

by Kassie Perlongo

21 July 2016

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Now, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a dielectric elastomer with a broad range of motion that requires relatively low voltage and no rigid components. This type of actuator could be used in everything from wearable devices to soft grippers, laparoscopic surgical tools, entirely soft robots or artificial muscles in more complex robotics.

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Kassie Perlongo Kassie is the Managing Editor at Robohub.

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