Helically Wrapped Supercoiled Polymer (HW-SCP) Artificial Muscles: Design, Characterization, and Modeling
Thulani Tsabedze,Christopher Mullen,Ryan Coulter,Scott Wade,Jun Zhang,Thulani Tsabedze,Christopher Mullen,Ryan Coulter,Scott Wade,Jun Zhang
Supercoiled polymer (SCP) artificial muscles exhibit many desirable properties such as large contractions and high power density. However, their full potential as robotic muscles is challenged by insufficient strain or force generation – non-mandrel-coiled SCP actuators produce up to 10-20% strain; mandrel-coiled SCP actuators often lift up to 10-30g of weight. It is strongly desired but difficult...
