A Compact and Low-cost Robotic Manipulator Driven by Supercoiled Polymer Actuators
Yang Yang,Zhicheng Liu,Yanhan Wang,Shuai Liu,Michael Yu Wang,Yang Yang,Zhicheng Liu,Yanhan Wang,Shuai Liu,Michael Yu Wang
The supercoiled polymer (SCP) actuator is a novel artificial muscle, which is manufactured by twisting and coiling polymer fibers. This new artificial muscle is soft, low-cost and shows good linearity. Being utilized as an actuator, the artificial muscle could generate significant mechanical power in a muscle-like form upon electrical activation by Joule heating. In this study, we adopt this new a...
