Control of the Stiffness of Robotic Appendages Using Dielectric Elastomers
A new robotic leg design is presented that utilizes dielectric elastomers (3M VHB 4910) to rapidly control stiffness changes for enhanced mobility and agility of a field demonstrated hexapod robot. It has been shown that stiffness changes of electro-active membranes made of dielectric elastomers can...
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Florida State University
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| Online Access: | http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-5055 |