Materials, Composition, and Application Technologies of Soft Actuators

An explanation centered on the "soft actuator devices using polymer materials" and "soft actuator devices using fluid control," which are closest to practical application.

[Supervision] Yoshinobu Azuma, Hidenori Okuzaki, Koichi Suzumori <Preface> Section 1: Advances and Current Status of Soft Actuator Materials Section 2: Market Development Trends of Soft Actuator Materials Section 3: Current Status of Robot and Device Development Using Soft Actuators <Part 1: Soft Actuator Devices Using Polymer Materials and Their Applications> Chapter 1: Practical Implementation of Soft Actuator Devices Using Polymer Gels and Their Challenges Section 1: Light-responsive Polymer Gel Actuators Section 2: Light-responsive Spiropyran Gel Actuators Section 3: Magnetic Field-responsive Soft Actuators Section 4: Self-excited Vibration Gel Actuators Section 5: Hydrogel Actuators Driven with Constant Volume Section 6: Development of Crosslinking Agents Using Polyrotaxane and Their Application to Polymer Gels and Soft Actuators Chapter 2: Practical Implementation of Soft Actuator Devices Using Electrically Driven Polymers and Their Challenges Section 1: Dielectric Polymer Gel Actuators Section 2: Dielectric Elastomer Actuators Section 3: Piezoelectric Polymer Actuators Section 4: Air Electric Field-driven Conductive Polymer Actuators Section 5: Electrically Driven Polymer Actuators Using Nanocarbon, Metals, and Metal Oxides as Electrode Materials

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