Self-sensing Soft Tactile Actuator for Fingertip Interface

Jung-Hwan Youn,Ibrahim Bin Yasir,Ki-Uk Kyung,Jung-Hwan Youn,Ibrahim Bin Yasir,Ki-Uk Kyung

In this paper, we report a self-sensing soft tactile actuator based on Dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) for wearable haptic interface. DEAs are one of electroactive polymer actuators, which are reported to have large area strain and fast response speed. A soft tactile actuator is constructed of a multi-layered DEA membrane layer, a passive membrane layer, and an inner circular pillar. The soft ...