New design methods and simulation of linear actuators using ionic polymers

Johann Citérin (1) , Grégory Turbelin (2) , Abderrahmane Kheddar (3, 1) , Frederic Vidal (4) , Claude Chevrot (4) , Dominique Teyssier (4)

1 IBISC - Informatique, Biologie Intégrative et Systèmes Complexes
2 LMEE - Laboratoire de Mécanique et d'Energétique d'Evry
3 JRL - Joint Japanese-French Robotics Research Laboratory [Japon]
4 LPPI - Laboratoire de Physico-chimie des Polymères et des Interfaces

This paper presents new fabrication and simulation methods that can be used to design ionic polymer actuators with original new shapes in order to achieve linear displacements, rather than traditional bending ones, allowing to overcome one of the most limiting problems of ionic actuators. Actuator simulation methods together with a new design concept are presented. Simulation are compared to theoretical models and experimental data. First realizations following the new design principles are demonstrated.

Mots clés: Computer simulation; Data acquisition; Bending (deformation); Linear systems; Conducting polymers

Domaines: Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]; Automatique; Mécanique [physics.med-ph]

Johann Citérin, Grégory Turbelin, Abderrahmane Kheddar, Frederic Vidal, Claude Chevrot, et al.. New design methods and simulation of linear actuators using ionic polymers. International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2005), Jul 2005, Honk Kong, China. pp.438--443, ⟨10.1109/ROBIO.2005.246307⟩. ⟨hal-00342914⟩