Buckling Pneumatic Linear Actuators Inspired by Muscle

Yang, Dian; Verma, Mohit S.; So, Ju-Hee; Mosadegh, Bobak; Keplinger, Christoph; Lee, Benjamin; Khashai, Fatemeh; Lossner, Elton; Suo, Zhigang; Whitesides, George M.

doi:10.1002/admt.201600055

Title: Buckling Pneumatic Linear Actuators Inspired by Muscle

Abstract

To being, the mechanical features of biological muscles are difficult to reproduce completely in synthetic systems. A new class of soft pneumatic structures (vacuum-actuated muscle-inspired pneumatic structures) is described that combines actuation by negative pressure (vacuum), with cooperative buckling of beams fabricated in a slab of elastomer, to achieve motion and demonstrate many features that are similar to that of mammalian muscle.

Authors:

Yang, Dian ^[1]; Verma, Mohit S. ^[1]; So, Ju-Hee ^[1]; Mosadegh, Bobak ^[1]; Keplinger, Christoph ^[1]; Lee, Benjamin ^[1]; Khashai, Fatemeh ^[1]; Lossner, Elton ^[1]; Suo, Zhigang ^[1]; Whitesides, George M. ^[1]

Harvard Univ., Cambridge MA (United States)

Publication Date:: Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science (CBES)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Science Foundation (NSF)

OSTI Identifier:: 1387845

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0000989; ER45852; DMR-0820484

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Advanced Materials Technologies

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 1; Journal Issue: 3; Related Information: CBES partners with Northwestern University (lead); Harvard University; New York University; Pennsylvania State University; University of Michigan; University of Pittsburgh; Journal ID: ISSN 2365-709X

Publisher:: Wiley

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; catalysis (homogeneous); solar (photovoltaic); bio-inspired; charge transport; mesostructured materials; materials and chemistry by design; synthesis (novel materials); synthesis (self-assembly); buckling; linear actuator; muscle-like actuator; pneumatic actuation; soft actuators

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                    Yang, Dian, Verma, Mohit S., So, Ju-Hee, Mosadegh, Bobak, Keplinger, Christoph, Lee, Benjamin, Khashai, Fatemeh, Lossner, Elton, Suo, Zhigang, and Whitesides, George M. Buckling Pneumatic Linear Actuators Inspired by Muscle.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Yang, Dian, Verma, Mohit S., So, Ju-Hee, Mosadegh, Bobak, Keplinger, Christoph, Lee, Benjamin, Khashai, Fatemeh, Lossner, Elton, Suo, Zhigang, & Whitesides, George M. Buckling Pneumatic Linear Actuators Inspired by Muscle.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.201600055

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                    Yang, Dian, Verma, Mohit S., So, Ju-Hee, Mosadegh, Bobak, Keplinger, Christoph, Lee, Benjamin, Khashai, Fatemeh, Lossner, Elton, Suo, Zhigang, and Whitesides, George M. Wed .  
"Buckling Pneumatic Linear Actuators Inspired by Muscle".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.201600055.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1387845.

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  title        = {Buckling Pneumatic Linear Actuators Inspired by Muscle},

  author       = {Yang, Dian and Verma, Mohit S. and So, Ju-Hee and Mosadegh, Bobak and Keplinger, Christoph and Lee, Benjamin and Khashai, Fatemeh and Lossner, Elton and Suo, Zhigang and Whitesides, George M.},

  abstractNote = {To being, the mechanical features of biological muscles are difficult to reproduce completely in synthetic systems. A new class of soft pneumatic structures (vacuum-actuated muscle-inspired pneumatic structures) is described that combines actuation by negative pressure (vacuum), with cooperative buckling of beams fabricated in a slab of elastomer, to achieve motion and demonstrate many features that are similar to that of mammalian muscle.},

  doi          = {10.1002/admt.201600055},

  journal      = {Advanced Materials Technologies},

  number       = 3,

  volume       = 1,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

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