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Soft Robotic Manipulation and Locomotion with a 3D Printed Electroactive Hydrogel

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Authors

Han, Daehoon; Farino, Cindy; Yang, Chen; Scott, Tracy; Browe, Daniel; Choi, Wonjoon; Freeman, Joseph W.; Lee, Howon

Issue Date
2018-05
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Citation
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol.10 No.21, pp.17512-17518
Abstract
Electroactive hydrogels (EAH) that exhibit large deformation in response to an electric field have received great attention as a potential actuating material for soft robots and artificial muscle. However, their application has been limited due to the use of traditional two-dimensional (2D) fabrication methods. Here we present soft robotic manipulation and locomotion with 3D printed EAH microstructures. Through 3D design and precise dimensional control enabled by a digital light processing (DLP) based micro 3D printing technique, complex 3D actuations of EAH are achieved. We demonstrate soft robotic actuations including gripping and transporting an object and a bidirectional locomotion.
ISSN
1944-8244
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/201812
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b04250
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