An autonomous untethered fast soft robotic insect driven by low-voltage dielectric elastomer actuators

Xiaobin Ji; Xinchang Liu; Vito Cacucciolo; Matthias Imboden; Yoan Civet; Alae El Haitami; Sophie Cantin; Yves Perriard; Herbert Shea

doi:10.1126/scirobotics.aaz6451

journal article Dec 18, 2019

An autonomous untethered fast soft robotic insect driven by low-voltage dielectric elastomer actuators

Xiaobin Ji

Xinchang Liu Vito Cacucciolo

Matthias Imboden

Yoan Civet Alae El Haitami

Sophie Cantin

Yves Perriard

Herbert Shea

Science Robotics Vol. 4 No. 37 · American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Abstract

Low-voltage dielectric elastomer actuators propel an autonomous untethered subgram robust soft legged robot along complex paths.

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Published: Dec 18, 2019
Vol/Issue: 4(37)

Authors

X

Xiaobin Ji

Soft Transducers Laboratory (LMTS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Rue de la Maladière 71B, Neuchâtel 2000, Switzerland.

X

Xinchang Liu

Integrated Actuators Laboratory (LAI), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Rue de la Maladière 71B, Neuchâtel 2000, Switzerland.

V

Vito Cacucciolo

Soft Transducers Laboratory (LMTS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Rue de la Maladière 71B, Neuchâtel 2000, Switzerland.

M

Matthias Imboden

Soft Transducers Laboratory (LMTS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Rue de la Maladière 71B, Neuchâtel 2000, Switzerland.

Y

Yoan Civet

Integrated Actuators Laboratory (LAI), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Rue de la Maladière 71B, Neuchâtel 2000, Switzerland.

A

Alae El Haitami

Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Polymères et des Interfaces (LPPI, EA2528), Institut des Matériaux, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, 5 Mail Gay Lussac, 95031 Cergy-Pontoise, France.

S

Sophie Cantin

Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Polymères et des Interfaces (LPPI, EA2528), Institut des Matériaux, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, 5 Mail Gay Lussac, 95031 Cergy-Pontoise, France.

Y

Yves Perriard

Integrated Actuators Laboratory (LAI), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Rue de la Maladière 71B, Neuchâtel 2000, Switzerland.

H

Herbert Shea

Soft Transducers Laboratory (LMTS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Rue de la Maladière 71B, Neuchâtel 2000, Switzerland.

Funding

H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Award: 641822-MICACT

Swiss National Science Foundation Award: 200020_165993

Cite This Article

Xiaobin Ji, Xinchang Liu, Vito Cacucciolo, et al. (2019). An autonomous untethered fast soft robotic insect driven by low-voltage dielectric elastomer actuators. Science Robotics, 4(37). https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.aaz6451

An autonomous untethered fast soft robotic insect driven by low-voltage dielectric elastomer actuators

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