Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
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Upper conductive plate
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Platinum-nailon
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Lower conductive plate
FIGURE 9.16
A photograph of a platform actuator driven by eight IPMNCs (top). This design
can feature two-dimensional motion of the platform. The operating principle is illustrated (bottom).
FIGURE 9.17
Assortment of bilinear and linear IPMNC actuators: a reference pair (top) and
an activated pair (bottom).
IPMNC C
ONTRACTILE
S
ERPENTINE
AND
S
LITHERING
C
ONFIGURATIONS
9.2.6
Some efforts were directed towards creating certain contractile serpentine and slith-
ering artificial muscle configurations for the strips of IPMNC by placing alternating
electrodes on the surfaces of IPMNC strips as shown in figures 9.19 and 9.20.
