Experimental characterization of a multilayer silicone-based electroactive patch for gripper applications

Advancement of Electroadhesion Technology for Intelligent and Self‐Reliant Robotic Applications

“…A PDMS gripper can even generate up to16 N lifting force, 1000 times greater than its original weight of 0.015 N. [86] A multilayered EA pad gripper made of PDMS generated shear stress of 12.41 kPa. [87] Sindersberger et al constructed a magnetoactive polymer-based self-sensing [74] Copyright 2017, AIP. b) Similarly, EA force analyzed with different surface scratches on Al (i) bidirectional, (ii) multidirectional, (iii) bare surface, (iv) horizontal, (v) scratched at 45°direction, (vi) vertical scratches, and (vii) scratched at 135°.…”

“…Blade coating is an industrial scale, fast, large area, and economical coating process for both dielectric layer and conductive electrode tracks. [59,70,[85][86][87] However, controlling the thickness in submicrometer zones is challenging due to the complex properties at the solid-liquid interphase during curing. Like blade coating, spin-coating is also limited to viscous materials, and is often not suitable for large area deposition, but can reprduce material thickness with fast drying that is essential to scale up the device production with high consistency.…”

“…There is a demand for more precise and tailored EA pad manufacturing solutions that are cost-effective and efficient in mass production. Thus, laser scribing or cutting and the conventional machining process have proven to be facile, repeatable, and accurate methods for designing the electrode pattern and bonding to the dielectric layers, [69,81,83,87] although they involve manual handling for bonding the dielectric layers.…”