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Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs...

From Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups sci.electronics.design
Subject Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs...
Date 2024-09-12 11:34 +0100
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On 12/09/2024 10:45, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 05:00:38 GMT, Jan Panteltje wrote:
> 
>> Artificial muscles propel a robotic leg to walk and jump:
>>   https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/09/240909113111.htm
>>
>> quote:
>>   "
>>   The actuators are oil-filled plastic bags, similar to those used to
>>   make ice cubes.
>>   About half of each bag is coated on either side with a black electrode
>>   made of a conductive material.
>>   Buchner explains that "as soon as we apply a voltage to the electrodes,
>>   they are attracted to each other due to static electricity.
>>   ...
>>   "
>> And press the fluid out....
>> So electrostatic actuators!
> 
> How does that not violate thermodynamics? You seem to be getting useful
> power from zero energy.

How do little pieces of paper defy gravity when you put a charged comb 
near them? Isn't the energy supplied by rubbing the comb against some 
material to give it the charge to attract the paper? Where does the 
voltage come from which is applied to the bag electrodes?

Didn't we discuss something like this not too long ago, or was it in 
another NG?
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrostatic_motor>

-- 
Jeff

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Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2024-09-12 05:00 +0000
  Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com> - 2024-09-12 09:45 +0000
    Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2024-09-12 10:27 +0000
    Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2024-09-12 11:34 +0100
      Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2024-09-12 14:43 +0200
        Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2024-09-13 04:49 +0000
          Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2024-09-13 12:14 +0200
            Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2024-09-13 11:57 +0000
              Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2024-09-13 21:07 +0200
          Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Chris Jones <lugnut808@spam.yahoo.com> - 2024-09-13 20:55 +1000
            Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2024-09-13 11:38 +0000
              Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2024-09-13 20:40 +0200
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2024-09-14 05:55 +0000
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com> - 2024-09-14 13:17 +0000
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2024-09-14 18:46 +0100
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com> - 2024-09-14 19:20 +0000
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... john larkin <JL@gct.com> - 2024-09-14 19:49 -0700
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2024-09-15 08:13 +0100
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com> - 2024-09-15 09:58 +0000
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2024-09-15 11:21 +0100
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2024-09-15 11:00 +0000
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2024-09-15 11:38 +0100
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Nick Hayward <nhayward8990@protonmail.com> - 2024-09-15 17:12 +0000
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2024-09-15 19:10 +0100
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... john larkin <JL@gct.com> - 2024-09-15 12:21 -0700
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2024-09-16 18:03 +1000
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... john larkin <JL@gct.com> - 2024-09-15 12:11 -0700
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2024-09-16 17:54 +1000
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2024-09-14 19:50 +0200
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2024-09-15 05:51 +0000
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... john larkin <JL@gct.com> - 2024-09-14 11:21 -0700
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2024-09-14 21:49 +0200
                Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Joe Gwinn <joegwinn@comcast.net> - 2024-09-15 18:41 -0400
    Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> - 2024-09-18 05:33 +0000
  Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... john larkin <jl@650pot.com> - 2024-09-13 12:56 -0700
    Re: Electrostatic actuators to move robots legs... Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2024-09-14 05:56 +0000

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