TY  - JOUR
A1  - Farhan, Muhammad
A1  - Behl, Marc
A1  - Kratz, Karl
A1  - Lendlein, Andreas
T1  - Origami hand for soft robotics driven by thermally controlled polymeric fiber actuators
JF  - MRS communications / a publication of the Materials Research Society
N2  - Active fibers can serve as artificial muscles in robotics or components of smart textiles. Here, we present an origami hand robot, where single fibers control the reversible movement of the fingers. A recovery/contracting force of 0.2 N with a work capacity of 0.175 kJ kg(-1) was observed in crosslinked poly[ethylene-co-(vinyl acetate)] (cPEVA) fibers, which could enable the bending movement of the fingers by contraction upon heating. The reversible opening of the fingers was attributed to a combination of elastic recovery force of the origami structure and crystallization-induced elongation of the fibers upon cooling.
KW  - Robotics
KW  - Polymer
KW  - Fiber
KW  - Actuation
KW  - Shape-memory
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-021-00058-4
SN  - 2159-6859
SN  - 2159-6867
VL  - 11
IS  - 4
SP  - 476
EP  - 482
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  -