{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7154729239","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3090641","title":"Vacuum-enhanced zipping actuators for space robotics","display_name":"Vacuum-enhanced zipping actuators for space robotics","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-04-17","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7154729239","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3090641"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1117/12.3090641","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3090641","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3090641","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407096695","display_name":"Electroactive Polymer Actuators, Sensors, and Devices (EAPAD)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315543","host_organization_name":"SPIE","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315543"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SPIE"],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Electroactive Polymer Actuators, Sensors, and Devices (EAPAD) 2026","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"volume":null,"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5084411126","display_name":"Ion-Dan S\u00eerbu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8965-9597","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8965-9597"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I162290304","display_name":"Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna","ror":"https://ror.org/025602r80","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I162290304"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ion-Dan S\u00eerbu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Italy)"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Italy)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I162290304"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5120767780","display_name":"Ubaldo Tosi","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I162290304","display_name":"Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna","ror":"https://ror.org/025602r80","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I162290304"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ubaldo Tosi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Italy)"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Italy)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I162290304"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5107345721","display_name":"Federico Bertolucci","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I9360294","display_name":"University of Bologna","ror":"https://ror.org/01111rn36","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I9360294"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Federico Bertolucci","raw_affiliation_strings":["Univ. degli Studi di Bologna (Italy)"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Univ. degli Studi di Bologna (Italy)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I9360294"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5001929963","display_name":"Arianna Mazzotta","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4688-6102","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4688-6102"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I30771326","display_name":"Italian Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/042t93s57","country_code":"IT","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I30771326"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Arianna Mazzotta","raw_affiliation_strings":["Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italy)"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italy)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I30771326"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082186093","display_name":"Virgilio Mattoli","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4715-8353","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4715-8353"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I30771326","display_name":"Italian Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/042t93s57","country_code":"IT","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I30771326"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Virgilio Mattoli","raw_affiliation_strings":["Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italy)"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italy)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I30771326"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5065492597","display_name":"Rocco Vertechy","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0634-1661","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0634-1661"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I9360294","display_name":"University of Bologna","ror":"https://ror.org/01111rn36","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I9360294"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rocco Vertechy","raw_affiliation_strings":["Univ. degli Studi di Bologna (Italy)"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Univ. degli Studi di Bologna (Italy)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I9360294"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5035019144","display_name":"Giacomo Moretti","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1606-7392","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1606-7392"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I193223587","display_name":"University of Trento","ror":"https://ror.org/05trd4x28","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I193223587"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Giacomo Moretti","raw_affiliation_strings":["Univ. degli Studi di Trento (Italy)"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Univ. degli Studi di Trento (Italy)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I193223587"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5030987431","display_name":"D. Bortoluzzi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2094-0668","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2094-0668"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I193223587","display_name":"University of Trento","ror":"https://ror.org/05trd4x28","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I193223587"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Daniele Bortoluzzi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Univ. degli Studi di Trento (Italy)"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Univ. degli Studi di Trento (Italy)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I193223587"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5140827620","display_name":"Marco Fontana","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5691-8115","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5691-8115"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I162290304","display_name":"Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna","ror":"https://ror.org/025602r80","country_code":"IT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I162290304"]}],"countries":["IT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Marco Fontana","raw_affiliation_strings":["Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Italy)"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Italy)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I162290304"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.22949605,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"2","last_page":"2"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11608","display_name":"Dielectric materials and actuators","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2204","display_name":"Biomedical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11608","display_name":"Dielectric materials and actuators","score":0.9984999895095825,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2204","display_name":"Biomedical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10369","display_name":"Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies","score":0.0005000000237487257,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10868","display_name":"Soft Robotics and Applications","score":0.0003000000142492354,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2204","display_name":"Biomedical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/electrostatic-actuators","display_name":"electrostatic actuators","score":0.8999999761581421},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/space-robotics","display_name":"space robotics","score":0.9309999942779541},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dielectric-elastomer-actuators","display_name":"dielectric elastomer actuators","score":0.7269999980926514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/direct-drive-actuators","display_name":"direct-drive actuators","score":0.7910000085830688}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34413123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170978","display_name":"Robotics","level":3,"score":0.6118000149726868},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C172707124","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q423488","display_name":"Actuator","level":2,"score":0.6080999970436096},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.5396000146865845},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.4648999869823456},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.4632999897003174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C133731056","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4917288","display_name":"Control engineering","level":1,"score":0.45080000162124634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778572836","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380933","display_name":"Space (punctuation)","level":2,"score":0.43220001459121704},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90509273","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11012","display_name":"Robot","level":2,"score":0.36039999127388},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775960376","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1435859","display_name":"Grippers","level":2,"score":0.3192000091075897},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776126113","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1128980","display_name":"Industrial robot","level":3,"score":0.3075999915599823},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.2799000144004822},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C150415221","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40687","display_name":"Robotic arm","level":2,"score":0.27869999408721924},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.2768000066280365},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199639397","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1788588","display_name":"Engineering drawing","level":1,"score":0.2750999927520752},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31972630","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844240","display_name":"Computer vision","level":1,"score":0.2687000036239624},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47446073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5165890","display_name":"Control theory (sociology)","level":3,"score":0.26739999651908875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17500928","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959968","display_name":"Control system","level":2,"score":0.2655999958515167},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2985527887","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1587588","display_name":"Robot manipulator","level":3,"score":0.25130000710487366}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1117/12.3090641","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3090641","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3090641","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407096695","display_name":"Electroactive Polymer Actuators, Sensors, and Devices (EAPAD)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315543","host_organization_name":"SPIE","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315543"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SPIE"],"type":"conference"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Electroactive Polymer Actuators, Sensors, and Devices (EAPAD) 2026","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4417228104","https://openalex.org/W7111771856","https://openalex.org/W7171466570","https://openalex.org/W1982321043","https://openalex.org/W2022381124","https://openalex.org/W118555393","https://openalex.org/W2067263923","https://openalex.org/W7037840582","https://openalex.org/W2068564321","https://openalex.org/W2564012024"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Actuating":[0],"robotic":[1],"systems":[2],"in":[3,14,130],"space":[4,145],"is":[5],"challenging,":[6],"particularly":[7],"due":[8],"to":[9],"the":[10,40,55],"constraints":[11],"of":[12,42,50,58,104],"operating":[13],"vacuum.":[15,131],"Conventional":[16],"electromagnetic":[17],"actuators":[18,52,114],"suffer":[19],"from":[20,62,117],"heat":[21],"dissipation":[22],"and":[23,39,78,100,121,126,140],"lubrication":[24],"issues,":[25],"while":[26],"electrostatic":[27,51],"alternatives,":[28],"such":[29],"as":[30,138],"dielectric":[31,56,77],"elastomer":[32],"actuators,":[33],"remain":[34],"limited":[35],"by":[36],"poor":[37],"reliability":[38],"lack":[41],"space-qualified":[43],"materials.":[44],"We":[45,97],"present":[46],"a":[47,63,109],"new":[48],"class":[49],"that":[53,94],"exploit":[54],"properties":[57],"vacuum,":[59],"turning":[60],"them":[61],"limitation":[64],"into":[65],"an":[66],"enabling":[67],"feature.":[68],"The":[69],"devices":[70],"employ":[71],"multilayer":[72],"thin-film":[73],"polymeric":[74],"structures":[75],"with":[76],"conductive":[79],"layers":[80],"enclosing":[81],"vacuum":[82],"gaps.":[83],"Under":[84],"electrical":[85],"activation,":[86],"these":[87],"gaps":[88],"deform":[89],"freely,":[90],"generating":[91],"zipping-like":[92],"motions":[93],"produce":[95],"actuation.":[96],"demonstrate":[98],"bellow-":[99],"rhomboid-shaped":[101],"architectures":[102],"capable":[103],"delivering":[105],"millimeter-range":[106],"strokes":[107],"over":[108],"broad":[110],"frequency":[111],"bandwidth.,The":[112],"proposed":[113],"are":[115,122],"made":[116],"standard":[118],"space-grade":[119],"polymers":[120],"stackable,":[123],"power-dense,":[124],"direct-drive,":[125],"show":[127],"negligible":[128],"heating":[129],"These":[132],"characteristics":[133],"highlight":[134],"their":[135],"strong":[136],"potential":[137],"efficient":[139],"reliable":[141],"solutions":[142],"for":[143],"future":[144],"robotics.":[146]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-10-28T10:33:24.094632","created_date":"2026-04-18T00:00:00"}