Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : May 27, 2020 - May 30, 2020
Soft robots have a potential to build human-machine coexistence. It is important for autonomous robots to adapt external force and locomote without external controllers. Since the electrical performance of Dielectric Elastomer Actuator (DEA) is similar to a capacitor, its power consumption is small. In addition, DEA is light in weight and thin in thickness. In this research, we developed an untethered control system for DEAs. From our experiments, we found that our controller can drive four DEAs and confirm that the power consumption of the DEA is low. Our research would contribute to develop untethered soft robots and open up the society of the human-machine coexistence.
