Towards a new generation of soft actuators using phase transition: Application to morphable-texture skins and soft grippers

Gilles Lubineau; Ragesh Chellatoan; Natanael Bolson; Arief Yudhanto

Towards a new generation of soft actuators using phase transition: Application to morphable-texture skins and soft grippers

Gilles Lubineau^*, Ragesh Chellatoan, Natanael Bolson, Arief Yudhanto

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Abstract

Soft robotics is an expanding and promising field that deeply transforms the way we design actuators and sensors. Despite recent progress, there is still a need for electrically driven actuators being capable of providing large motions under low voltage. We explore here the concept of phase transition-driven actuators, in which the actuation only results from the large expansion taking place during a liquid to a gas phase transition. We demonstrate that such a concept can be used for creating original applications, including a morphable skin with controllable texture and a soft gripper. It would be very challenging, if not impossible, to design such actuators with other actuation technologies while preserving the same compactness.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019
Editors	Ayech Benjeddou, Nazih Mechbal, Jean-Francois Deu
Publisher	International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Pages	1371-1376
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9788494919466
State	Published - 2019
Event	9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019 - Paris, France Duration: Jul 8 2019 → Jul 11 2019

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Name	9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019

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Conference	9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	07/8/19 → 07/11/19

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© 2019 9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Morphable texture
Phase transition
Smart skin
Soft actuators
Soft robots

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Materials Science
General Energy
Pollution

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Lubineau, G., Chellatoan, R., Bolson, N., & Yudhanto, A. (2019). Towards a new generation of soft actuators using phase transition: Application to morphable-texture skins and soft grippers. In A. Benjeddou, N. Mechbal, & J.-F. Deu (Eds.), 9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019 (pp. 1371-1376). (9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019). International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering.

Lubineau, Gilles ; Chellatoan, Ragesh ; Bolson, Natanael et al. / Towards a new generation of soft actuators using phase transition : Application to morphable-texture skins and soft grippers. 9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019. editor / Ayech Benjeddou ; Nazih Mechbal ; Jean-Francois Deu. International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2019. pp. 1371-1376 (9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019).

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Lubineau, G, Chellatoan, R, Bolson, N & Yudhanto, A 2019, Towards a new generation of soft actuators using phase transition: Application to morphable-texture skins and soft grippers. in A Benjeddou, N Mechbal & J-F Deu (eds), 9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019. 9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019, International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering, pp. 1371-1376, 9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019, Paris, France, 07/8/19.

Towards a new generation of soft actuators using phase transition: Application to morphable-texture skins and soft grippers. / Lubineau, Gilles; Chellatoan, Ragesh; Bolson, Natanael et al.
9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019. ed. / Ayech Benjeddou; Nazih Mechbal; Jean-Francois Deu. International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2019. p. 1371-1376 (9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019).

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Lubineau G, Chellatoan R, Bolson N, Yudhanto A. Towards a new generation of soft actuators using phase transition: Application to morphable-texture skins and soft grippers. In Benjeddou A, Mechbal N, Deu JF, editors, 9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019. International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 2019. p. 1371-1376. (9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019).

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