An adaptive control system for dielectric elastomers

S. Q. Xie; P. F. Ramson; D. D. Graaf; E. P. Calius; I. A. Anderson

doi:10.1109/ICIT.2005.1600660

An adaptive control system for dielectric elastomers

S. Q. Xie
, P. F. Ramson
, D. D. Graaf
, E. P. Calius
, I. A. Anderson

The University of Auckland

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Abstract

Dielectric elastomers actuate under a capacitive mechanism and the resulting actuator is especially desirable as a biomimetic 'artificial muscle' device. This paper investigates the development and control of an acrylic dielectric elastomer, 3M VHB 4930, when used as a mechanical actuator. An embedded sensing and actuation system is proposed in the paper. The capacitance of the dielectric elastomer would be calculated using the feedback of a high frequency sensing signal attached to the actuation voltage. A PID closed loop quasi-digital voltage control system is developed for controlling the actuation voltage. Experiments are carried out to test the performance against the nonlinearity of the material. The combination of the solutions proved the feasibility of using the dielectric elastomer as a mechanical actuator.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2005 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 2005
Pages	335-340
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.2005.1600660
State	Published - 2005
Externally published	Yes
Event	2005 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 2005 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong Duration: 14 Dec 2005 → 17 Dec 2005

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Name	Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology
Volume	2005

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Conference	2005 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 2005
Country/Territory	Hong Kong
City	Hong Kong
Period	14/12/05 → 17/12/05

Keywords

Data sensing
Dielectric elastomer
PID
Ziegler-nichols

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Xie, S. Q., Ramson, P. F., Graaf, D. D., Calius, E. P., & Anderson, I. A. (2005). An adaptive control system for dielectric elastomers. In 2005 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 2005 (pp. 335-340). Article 1600660 (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology; Vol. 2005). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.2005.1600660

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An adaptive control system for dielectric elastomers. / Xie, S. Q.; Ramson, P. F.; Graaf, D. D. et al.
2005 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 2005. 2005. p. 335-340 1600660 (Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology; Vol. 2005).

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