TY - CONF AB - <p>In recent years the field of soft robotics has gained a lot of interest both in academia and industry. One material class used frequently in soft robotics are dielectric elastomer actuators (DEA) consisting of a thin elastomer layer between two compliant electrodes. Their low mechanical strength and durability result in the necessity to add support structures. A textile based reinforcement of these actuators is advantageous, due to its highly anisotropic mechanical properties, which enhance the actuation and provide stability. In this paper a Carbon Fiber (CF) based reinforcement structure combined with DEAs is presented and discussed with respect to its actuation properties.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> AU - Johannes Mersch, Sascha Pfeil, Felix Lohse, Henriette Probst, Chokri Cherif, Gerald Gerlach DA - 2019/7// IS - 0 VL - 0 PB - PY - 2019 TI - 1A2_0482_ TEXTILE-AMPLIFIED DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS FOR SOFT ROBOTICS T2 - Proceedings of the 19th World Textile Conference - Autex 2019 UR - https://openjournals.ugent.be/autex/article/id/63824/ ER -