Journal article
Scalable manufacturing system for bionspired twisted spiral artificial muscles (TSAMs)
Manufacturing letters, Vol.26, pp.6-11
10/2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.mfglet.2020.08.009
Abstract
•Scalable manufacturing system for the fabrication of bioinspired twisted spiral artificial muscles (TSAMs).•The proposed system is conceptualized, designed, and fabricated to produce TSAMs of different sizes.•The fabricated samples are tested to highlight the repeatability of the process.•A flexible elastomeric smart skin is designed to depict potential applications of the manufactured TSAMs.
The texture modulation of cephalopods is controlled by cutaneous muscles calledpapillae. We recently developed Twisted Spiral Artificial Muscles (TSAMs) that mimic the response ofpapillaemuscles. However, the current manufacturing method is time-consuming and prone to human error. A scalable and automated manufacturing system capable of efficiently fabricating TSAMs is proposed in this paper. This system reduces the manufacturing time by 75% and allows the fast production of a large number of TSAMs with repetable performance, that can be easily embedded into a soft matrix to produce self-morphing skins for drag control or refreshable 3D displays.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Scalable manufacturing system for bionspired twisted spiral artificial muscles (TSAMs)
- Creators
- Carlo Greco - University of CalabriaParth Kotak - University of IowaJeremy K Gallegos - University of IowaJarjunn Fang - University of IowaAdam Wilkinson - University of IowaLeonardo Pagnotta - University of CalabriaCaterina Lamuta - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Manufacturing letters, Vol.26, pp.6-11
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.mfglet.2020.08.009
- ISSN
- 2213-8463
- eISSN
- 2213-8463
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000006, name: Office of Naval Research
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2020
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984196522602771
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