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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2018
Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jack Lindsay, Seattle, WA (US);
Katherine Marie Smyth, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas John Farrell Wallin, Redmond, WA (US);
Andrew John Ouderkirk, Redmond, WA (US);
Tanya Malhotra, Redmond, WA (US);
Austin Lane, Bellevue, WA (US);
Christopher Yuan Ting Liao, Seattle, WA (US);
Yigit Menguc, Kirkland, WA (US);
Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments, a method includes (1) applying a first voltage and a first current to an electroactive device that includes a nanovoided electroactive polymer, (2) measuring a second voltage and a second current associated with the electroactive device, (3) determining at least one of a position or a force output associated with the electroactive device, the position or the force based on the second voltage and the second current, and (4) applying a third voltage and a third current to the electroactive device based on the at least one of the position or the force output. Various other methods, systems, apparatuses, and materials are also disclosed.