Essays about: "Textile actuators"

Found 3 essays containing the words Textile actuators.

1. 1. Supercoiled Actuators with Liquid Metal Joule Heating : novel miniaturized actuators for pneumatic control of reconfigurable wearables

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Mikrosystemteknik

   Author : Erik Höijertz; [2020]
   Keywords : supercoil; actuator; liquid metal; reconfigurable wearables;

   Abstract : Garments serve a number of purposes, from protection and physiological comfort to social and cultural expressions. With the recent developments of active textiles, sensors and actuators with shapes and sizes similar to textiles, the real multifunctional garments have been realized. READ MORE

3. 2. Development and Evaluation of Textile Actuators

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biosensorer och bioelektronik

   Author : Fredrik Ekman; [2016]
   Keywords : Conducting Polymer; Textile; Actuator; Soft Robotics;

   Abstract : Existing actuators in robotics are noisy, rigid and not very lifelike in their movements. There is a need for actuators in especially limb prosthetics and exoskeletons that are silent, softly moving and preferably operating on low currents. One such solution is the conducting polymers. READ MORE

4. 3. Textile Actuator Fibres : Investigation in materials and methods for coiled polymer fibre muscles

   University essay from Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Rebecca Melvinsson; [2015]
   Keywords : Textile actuators; Soft robots; Coiled muscles; PVDF; SMP; Fibre Anisotropy; Thermal actuation; α-relaxation;

   Abstract : This thesis contains an investigation in materials and methods for coiled polymer muscles where the end application in mind is to be integrated in a textile structure such as an exo-skeleton glove. Previous artificial muscle fibres have proved little success due to performance, cost and scalability. READ MORE