Flying insects are capable of flapping their wings to provide the required power and control
forces for flight. A coordinated organizational system including muscles, wings, and control …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are known to be lightweight, energy efficient, and
scalable in performance. Two well-studied DEA concepts are represented by stacked and …

The emerging demand for bioinspired soft robotics requires novel soft actuators whose
performance exceeds conventional rigid ones. Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are a …

There are two major categories of dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs), which differ from
the way in which the actuation is exploited: stack DEAs, using the thickness compression …

Dielectric elastomer (DE) grippers have attracted much attention in safety applications due
to their intrinsic compliance, large deformation and high response speed. The performances …

Background Dielectric elastomer (DE) transducers permit to effectively develop large-
deformation, energy-efficient, and compliant mechatronic devices. By arranging many DE …

As a typical electroactive polymer, dielectric elastomer can be used in the research of
actuators, sensors, and soft robots. The cone actuator, as a representative dielectric …

Dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) are known as 'artificial muscles' due to their large
actuation strain, high energy density and self-sensing capability. The conical configuration …

The quantification of uncertainty in intelligent material systems and structures requires
methods to objectively compare complex models to measurements, where the majority of …

Aiming at high precision control for a class of hysteretic nonlinear systems, a new hysteresis
direct inverse compensator-based adaptive output feedback control scheme is designed in …