Electroactive Polymers for Robotic Application: Artificial Muscles and Sensors

Kwang J. Kim, Satoshi Tadokoro184628371X, 978-1-84628-371-0

Electroactive polymers (EAPs) respond to electrical stimulation with large deformations. They are dynamic actuators which have attracted attention from an interdisciplinary audience of engineers and scientists. An enabling EAP technology is emerging which attempts to imitate the properties of natural muscle and which, as a result, can perform a unique function in a variety of biologically-inspired robotics applications.Electroactive Polymers for Robotics Applications covers the fundamental properties, modelling and demonstration of EAPs in robotic applications, focusing particularly on artificial muscles and sensors. Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuators and Dielectric Elastomers are discussed within the book with chapters on their properties and their uses in robotics applications.With its concentration on devices based on EAPs and their uses, Electroactive Polymers for Robotics Applications will be of interest to researchers working within this field as well as to postgraduate students studying robotics or smart materials and structures. Practitioners working in the mechanical, Electrical and materials industries will also find this book of value.

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Table of contents :
front-matter.pdf……Page 1
001-036.pdf……Page 9
037-048.pdf……Page 45
049-090.pdf……Page 57
091-120.pdf……Page 99
121-152.pdf……Page 129
153-164.pdf……Page 161
165-198.pdf……Page 173
199-225.pdf……Page 207
227-262.pdf……Page 234
263-277.pdf……Page 270
back-matter.pdf……Page 285