Tailoring the tensile stroke of fishing line artificial muscle through prestress: A preliminary study

Lianjun Wu, Yue Zhang, Xuemin Wang

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Abstract

High-performance artificial muscle is of great interest to robotics community. In this study, we investigate the influence of pre-stress on fishing line artificial muscle's tensile stroke. Fishing line artificial muscles with electrothermal actuation were made from nylon 6 mono-filament and resistance wires. The tensile stroke in time domain was found to exhibit different actuation behavior under different levels of pre-stress in spring-load test. The supplied current was kept constant through all the experimental tests to investigate the effect of prestress on the artificial muscle performance. The presented study provided new insight into implementation of fishing line artificial muscle towards robotic applications, especially regarding how to choose appropriate pre-stress for muscle integration.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationElectroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXII
EditorsYoseph Bar-Cohen, Iain A. Anderson, Herbert R. Shea
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510635272
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
EventElectroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXII 2020 - None, United States
Duration: Apr 27 2020May 8 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11375
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceElectroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XXII 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNone
Period04/27/2005/8/20

Keywords

  • actuator
  • fishing line artificial muscle
  • tensile stroke
  • Twisted and Coiled Polymer Actuators

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