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Wafer-Level Microfabrication of Zipping Electrohydraulic Actuators for Soft Milli-Robots

Shmulevich, Shai  
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Hartmann, Florian  
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Shea, Herbert  
June 29, 2025
2025 23rd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers)
2025 23rd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers)

Miniaturizing soft robots is often limited by scaling down actuators while keeping high energy density and good response time. In this work we demonstrate the wafer-level microfabrication of electrostatic zipping soft actuators, similar to peano-HASELs. This methodology allows scaling electrohydraulic actuators down to millimeter and sub-millimeter size for highly integrated soft milli-robots. Benefits for soft robotics include repeatability, high precision devices and lower actuation voltage. We demonstrate a miniaturized soft actuator which is part of a swimming milli-robot operating with voltages of 300 V instead of the typical 1–5 kV.

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DOI
10.1109/transducers61432.2025.11109149
Author(s)
Shmulevich, Shai  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Hartmann, Florian  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Shea, Herbert  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Date Issued

2025-06-29

Publisher

IEEE

Published in
2025 23rd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers)
ISBN of the book

979-8-3315-1381-8

Start page

724

End page

726

Subjects

Soft milli-robot

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electrohydraulic actuator

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zipping actuator

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wafer-level microfabrication

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2025 23rd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers)

Orlando, FL, USA

2025-06-29 - 2025-07-03

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August 26, 2025
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