An easy to implement toolkit to create HASEL artificial muscles

The Keplinger Research Group at the University of Colorado Boulder has created an easy-to-implement toolkit to design, build, and power HASEL (Hydraulically Amplified Self-healing ELectrostatic) artificial muscles. This toolkit, consisting of only off-the-shelf materials, allows a wide audience of researchers, roboticists, and even hobbyists to explore and push the boundaries of this new technology. To showcase the capabilities of the toolkit, we created bio-inspired soft actuators including an artificial scorpion tail and an untethered continuum robot that mimics an elephant trunk.

Learn more about the publication in Advanced Science: https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201900178

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Commercializing HASEL technology through Artimus Robotics: https://www.artimusrobotics.com/