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I wonder if there could be a way to use this technique to 3d print something like HASEL actuators for artificial muscles to go along with the tendons and bones.
by ilaksh 3y ago
I wonder if there could be a way to use this technique to 3d print something like HASEL actuators for artificial muscles to go along with the tendons and bones.
- cmanion 3y agoI have been able to partially print them[0]. The electrodes we used could have been inkjet printed* and there is some potential of printing the dielectric fluid too. In the process I developed, the HASELs had to be filled with dielectric fluid during postprocessing, but it has been shown that it is possible to print closed volumes of fluid with inkjet 3d printers[1]. Although there is some risk the dielectric fluid could interfere with the curing of the polymer. *We also were able to develop a technique for printing electrodes without modifying the printer, but this hasn't been published yet [0]https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343949671_Modeling_and_Evaluation_of_Additive_Manufactured_HASEL_Actuators https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343949671_Modeling_... [1]https://www.csail.mit.edu/news/first-ever-3-d-printed-robots-made-both-solids-and-liquids https://www.csail.mit.edu/news/first-ever-3-d-printed-robots...
- ilaksh 3y agoCongratulations! If one were to try to commercialize this (assuming further development), do you think the Artimus Robotics patents would be a problem?