@inproceedings{abd0c8e057154e4c9466260d28425887,
title = "Towards a new generation of soft actuators using phase transition: Application to morphable-texture skins and soft grippers",
abstract = "Soft robotics is an expanding and promising field that deeply transforms the way we design actuators and sensors. Despite recent progress, there is still a need for electrically driven actuators being capable of providing large motions under low voltage. We explore here the concept of phase transition-driven actuators, in which the actuation only results from the large expansion taking place during a liquid to a gas phase transition. We demonstrate that such a concept can be used for creating original applications, including a morphable skin with controllable texture and a soft gripper. It would be very challenging, if not impossible, to design such actuators with other actuation technologies while preserving the same compactness.",
keywords = "Morphable texture, Phase transition, Smart skin, Soft actuators, Soft robots",
author = "Gilles Lubineau and Ragesh Chellatoan and Natanael Bolson and Arief Yudhanto",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019. All rights reserved.; 9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019 ; Conference date: 08-07-2019 Through 11-07-2019",
year = "2019",
language = "English (US)",
series = "9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019",
publisher = "International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering",
pages = "1371--1376",
editor = "Ayech Benjeddou and Nazih Mechbal and Jean-Francois Deu",
booktitle = "9th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Smart Structures and Materials, SMART 2019",
}