Table 3 Heat conductivity of our robotic cover compared with other soft materials.

From: Soft robotic shell with active thermal display

 

Heat conductivity (W/mK)

Measured temperature (°C)

References

Our robotic cover (PU gel layer)

0.37

23

Measured*

PU gel without boron nitride (BN)

0.2

23

Measured*

Silicone rubber

0.16

25

54

Nitrile-butadiene rubber

0.157

30

55

Natural rubber

0.18

–

56

Styrene-butadiene rubber

0.232

–

57

  1. *The parameters of our cover are measured by the hot disk method (TPA-501, Kyoto Electronics Manuf. Co., LTD, Japan).
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