Fig. 3: Dielectric materials for soft EA device.
a PI-based EA device for a climbing robot. Reproduced with permission54. Copyright 2022 Elsevier B.V. b Comparison of PI with other common dielectric materials, and high-payload electroadhesive gripper utilizing PI as the dielectric layer. Reproduced with permission51. Copyright 2021 IEEE. c Schematic illustration of the fabrication process for a high-dielectric-constant PVDF-based composite material and an EA clutch utilizing another PVDF-based dielectric material. Reproduced with permission20,57. Copyright 2023 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Copyright 2023 Springer Nature. d Silicone as the dielectric layer of EA devices for soft robotic grippers. Reproduced with permission59. Copyright 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (CC BY 3.0)15. Copyright 2018 IOP Publishing Ltd. e A wearable EA device with VHB as the dielectric material. Reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)63. Copyright 2020 The Authors. Published by Wiley-VCH GmbH. f The schematic demonstration of a PU-based EA gripper and its self-healing capability. Reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)65. Copyright The Author(s) 2023.
