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Soft Dielectric Elastomer Switches

总结

Artificial Muscle switches with no hard electrical components.

技术优势

Dielectric Elastomer Switch technology uses soft, flexible, light weight and robust polymer materials to provide a means of sensing and control that eliminates external circuitry, markedly reducing cost, weight, volume and complexity of the system. This dielectric elastomer switch technology enables practical smart devices, particularly dielectric elastomer actuators and generator devices.

技术应用

Networked actuators, sensors, assistive devices.

申请日期

41543

申请号码

PCT/NZ2013/000179

其他

Dielectric elastomer switches reduce the need for bulky and rigid external circuitry as well as providing the simple distributed intelligence necessary for soft, biologically inspired networks of actuators. Examples include many-degree-of-freedom robotic hearts, intestines, and manipulators; wearable assistive devices; smart sensor skins and fabrics; and ultimately new types of artificial muscle embedded, electromechanical computers that provide industrial sensors and actuators with functionality akin to human reflexes.

ID号码

31599

国家/地区

新西兰