Freestanding, single-component dielectric actuators are designed based on bottlebrush
elastomers that enable giant reversible strokes at relatively low electric fields and altogether …

Conventional robots are mainly made of rigid materials, such as steel and aluminum.
Recently there has been a surge in the popularity of soft robots owing to their inherent …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are flexible lightweight actuators that can generate
strains of over 100%. They are used in applications ranging from haptic feedback (mm-sized …

Dielectrophoresis is the electro‐mechanical phenomenon where a force is generated on a
dielectric material when exposed to a non‐uniform electric field. It has potential to be …

A cantilever beam with elastic hinge pulled antagonistically by two dielectric elastomer (DE)
membranes in tension forms a foldable actuator if one DE membrane is subject to a voltage …

Conspectus Creating an artificial muscle has been one of the grand challenges of science
and engineering. The invention of such a flexible, versatile, and power efficient actuator …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are a promising enabling technology for a wide range
of emerging applications, including robotics, artificial muscles, and microfluidics. This is due …

Electrical actuators made from films of dielectric elastomers coated on both sides with
stretchable electrodes may potentially be applied in microrobotics, tactile and haptic …

DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201601842 voltages (100–300 V) can be achieved by using much
thinner elastomer films (3 μm),[14] but such films are very fragile and difficult to manipulate to …

Dielectric elastomers (DEs) can demonstrate fast and large in‐plane expansion/contraction
due to electric field (e‐field)‐induced Maxwell stress. For robotic applications, it is often …