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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2017
Ecole Polytechniqaue Federale DE Lausanne (Epfl), Lausanne, CH;
Jun Shintake, Neuchatel, CH;
Samuel Rosset, Chaumont, CH;
Bryan Schubert, San Jose, CA (US);
Dario Floreano, St-Prex, CH;
Herbert Shea, Cormondreche, CH;
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL), Lausanne, CH;
Abstract
A device for electroadhesion and conversion of electrical energy into mechanical energy, for example electrostatic actuation, is provided, including a soft polymeric dielectric support having at least two sets of overlapping electrodes patterned respectively on the upper surface and bottom surface of the polymeric support, the electrodes of the two sets can be electrically activated through a power supply for providing voltage change suitable for electroadhesion, electrostatic actuation or both at the same time.