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A Bistable Artificial Muscle Actuator
2006
2006 IEEE International Symposium on MicroNanoMechanical and Human Science
We present an artificial muscle actuator based on the axially compressed buckled beam of bending actuator material. Thus natural bistable structure helps to overcome some problems found in the new materials used for artificial muscle actuators, such as relaxation and non-repeatability. Without electrical stimulation the buckled beam remains in one of two stable positions. Actuating the structure causes it to switch from one state to the other, thus giving a versatile element that can be used as
doi:10.1109/mhs.2006.320317
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