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Symmetrical electroadhesives independent of different interfacial surface conditions

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posted on 2018-01-11, 09:51 authored by Jianglong Guo, T. Hovell, Thomas Bamber, Jon PetzingJon Petzing, Laura JusthamLaura Justham
Current electroadhesive actuators cannot produce stable electroadhesive forces on the same substrate with different interfacial surface interactions. It is, therefore, desirable to develop electroadhesive actuators that can generate stable adhesive forces on different surface conditions. A symmetrical electroadhesive pad that is independent of different interfacial scratch directions is developed and presented. A relative difference of only 6.4% in the normal force direction was observed when the electroadhesive was facing an aluminium plate with surface scratch directions of 0°, 45°, 90°, and 135°. This step-change improvement may significantly promote the application of electroadhesion technology. In addition, this manifests that significant performance improvements could be achieved via further investigations into electroadhesive designs.

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The authors acknowledge support from the EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Intelligent Automation, in undertaking this research work under Grant Reference No. EP/IO33467/1.

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  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

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Applied Physics Letters

Volume

111

Issue

22

Citation

GUO, J. ... et al, 2017. Symmetrical electroadhesives independent of different interfacial surface conditions. Applied Physics Letters, 111 (22), 221603.

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by/4.0/

Acceptance date

2017-11-16

Publication date

2017-12-01

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This is an Open Access Article. It is published by AIP Publishing under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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0003-6951

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1077-3118

Language

  • en

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