Biologically Inspired Robots Most of the artificial flying robots are based on synchronous driving mechanism, while in article number 2100048, Liu Zhiwei, Yan Xiaojun, and co-workers demonstrate feasibility flight muscle using asynchronous by self-sustained electrostatic oscillations metal beams to power flapping wings without any AC circuits, which exhibits takeoff along guide rails self-adapt...

Seamless integration of artificial components with biological systems to form an elegant biotic-abiotic interface or smart surface has promising application potential in biomedical engineering. The specific aim of this study is to implement the actuation and modulation of binding behavior between biomolecules under electrostatic stimuli, and investigate the corresponding force interaction betwe...

Title of Dissertation: ELECTROSTATIC MEMS ACTUATORS USING GRAY-SCALE TECHNOLOGY Brian Carl Morgan, Doctor of Philosophy, 2006 Dissertation directed by: Professor Reza Ghodssi Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Institute for Systems Research The majority of fabrication techniques used in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) are planar technologies, which severely limits the str...

Electroactive polymer (EAP) actuators are an example of a novel soft material device that can be used for several applications including artificial muscles and lenses. The field EAPs broken down into few fields; however, the will discussed in this study is Soft Electrohydraulic (SEH or EH) actuators. specifically studied Hydraulically Amplified Self-Healing Electrostatic (HASEL) actuator. desig...

This paper presents a new actuation mechanism to drive comb-drive actuators. An asymmetric configuration of the finger overlap was used to generate capacitive coupling for the actuation mechanism. When the driving voltages were applied on the stators, a voltage would be induced at the rotor due to the capacitive coupling. Then, an electrostatic force would be exerted onto the rotor due to the v...

MEMS electrostatic actuators suffer from pull-in instability, making them highly nonlinear and limiting their useful range of motion. This report resolves the performance-limiting issues gap-closing transducer by using an ultrathin dielectric layer (UDL) for actuation. The device has electromechanical coupling coefficient 4.26% average deflection sensitivity 119 nm/V over a 350 nm upto 3.3 V dc...