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Dynamic Braille Display Using Dielectric Elastomer

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  • 최혁렬 (성균관대학교 기계공학부) ;
  • 이상원 (성균관대학교 기계설계학과) ;
  • 정광목 (성균관대학교 기계설계학과) ;
  • 이성일 (성균관대학교 시스템 경영학부) ;
  • 최후곤 (성균관대학교 시스템 경영학부) ;
  • 전재욱 (성균관대학교 전기전자컴퓨터공학부) ;
  • 남재도 (성균관대학교 응용화학부)
  • Published : 2003.08.01
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Abstract

As one of the Principal modalities of human sensation, tactile feel is prerequisite for building wide variety of applications such as telemanipulation, virtual reality and medical engineering. A dynamic Braille display device based on a polymer actuator is presented. The actuator, often called artificial muscle actuator has advantageous features over the existing methods in terms of intrinsic softness, ease of fabrication, cost-effectiveness and miniaturization. The principles of actuation with dielectric elastomer is introduced, and necessary considerations on the design of a tactile display device are discussed. The design of the device is described in detail including the fabrication process and driving electronics. Also, preliminary results of experiments are given to evaluate its performance.

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