Influence of the Thermal Treatment on the Stability of Partially Constrained Recovery of NiTi Actuator Wire

摘要

NiTi shape memory wire may be used for actuation purposes in flexible robotic grippers, which have to be able to handle objects of different size, shape or weight. Therefore it is advantageous to develop an electrically driven shape memory actuator, which may perform any combination of shape change and exerted force within the following limiting boundaries: