3D-Printable Artificial Muscles Based on Microfluidic Microcapacitors

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Kartalov, Emil Paskalev
Coltelli, Michelangelo
Catterlin, Jeffrey
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2024-01-23
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A microcapacitor array for providing artificial muscles is described. The microcapacitor array includes a dielectric body with electrode chambers, positive electrodes in posi­tive electrode chambers, the positive electrodes being con­nected by a first set of channels in the dielectric frame; negative electrodes in negative electrode chambers, the negative electrodes being connected by a second set of channels in the dielectric frame. The first and second set of channels are arranged so that application of a voltage differential between the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes generates an attractive force between each set of adjacent positive and negative electrodes.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10945/72469
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US 11,881,359 B2
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