Fast Response, High‐Power Tunable Ultrathin Soft Actuator by Functional Piezoelectric Material Composite for Haptic Device Application

Recently, self‐driven soft robotics based on biomimetics, capable of mimicking biological motion, has attracted attention. Soft actuators using intrinsically soft organic materials are expected to be applied to haptic devices, artificial muscles, and micropumps. Ferroelectric polymers can aid in the...

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Published in:Advanced electronic materials 2023-09, Vol.9 (9), p.n/a
Main Authors: Shouji, Yoshinori, Sekine, Tomohito, Ito, Keita, Ito, Naoya, Yasuda, Tatsuya, Wang, Yi‐Fei, Takeda, Yasunori, Kumaki, Daisuke, Santos, Fabrice Domingues Dos, Miyabo, Atsushi, Tokito, Shizuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actuators
Artificial muscles
Automation
Composite materials
Conducting polymers
Electric fields
Electric potential
Electrodes
Ferroelectric materials
Ferroelectricity
Graphene
Haptic interfaces
Haptics
Manufacturing engineering
Morphology
Organic materials
Piezoelectricity
Polymers
Robotics
Single wall carbon nanotubes
soft actuators
Substrates
Sweep frequency
ultra‐thin devices
Voltage
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Summary:Recently, self‐driven soft robotics based on biomimetics, capable of mimicking biological motion, has attracted attention. Soft actuators using intrinsically soft organic materials are expected to be applied to haptic devices, artificial muscles, and micropumps. Ferroelectric polymers can aid in the realization of such soft actuators. However, actuators using such materials encounter problems in terms of the response frequency to an applied voltage. In this study, a soft actuator is fabricated by a printing process using a unique composite material comprising P(VDF‐TrFE), nano‐carbon material (single‐walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) and graphene oxide (GO)), and conductive polymer. To characterize the actuator using a minimum substrate thickness of 25 µm, hysteresis curves in the ferroelectric properties and driving characteristics according to the applied frequency are clarified. In addition, the mechanical life of the actuator under continuous voltage sweep is clarified considering it as a mechanical property. Subsequently, a simple haptics system is constructed using the fabricated actuators, and a human‐sensitive actuator demonstration system is constructed wherein the phase of the sweep frequency is variable.
ISSN:2199-160X
2199-160X
DOI:10.1002/aelm.202201040