A Biomimetic Fish Fin-Like Robot Based on Textile Reinforced Silicone.

ABSTRACT: The concept of merging pre-processed textile materials with tailored mechanical properties into soft matrices is so far rarely used in the field of soft robotics. The herein presented work takes the advantages of textile materials in elastomer matrices to another level by integrating a material with highly anisotropic bending properties. A pre-fabricated textile material consisting of oriented carbon fibers is used as a stiff component to precisely control the mechanical behavior of the robotic setup. The presented robotic concept uses a multi-layer stack for the robot's body and dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) on both outer sides of it. The bending motion of the whole structure results from the combination of its mechanically adjusted properties and the force generation of the DEAs.

SUBMITTER: Pfeil S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7142659 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature