Mihai "Mishu" Duduta
Assistant Professor
School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing Engineering
Education
- Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Harvard University, 2018
- M.S., Engineering, Harvard University, 2015
- B.S., Materials Science & Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010
Research Focus
As robots start interacting more closely with people, they’ll need to become smaller or more compliant. These novel soft machines cannot rely on conventional batteries or motors. Instead, we must invent new ways to store energy and deliver power that bring new robotic capabilities. These fundamental challenges can be addressed by advances in materials, as well as their processing and integration into unconventional mechanisms.
- Novel materials
- Soft robotics
- Energy storage
Publications
A. Li, P. Cuvin, S. Lee, J. Gu, C. Tugui, and M. Duduta, Data‐Driven Long‐Term Energy Efficiency Prediction of Dielectric Elastomer Artificial Muscles. Advanced Functional Materials, 2024.
S. Lee, M. Moghani, A. Li and M. Duduta, A Small Steerable Tip Based on Dielectric Elastomer Actuators, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2023.
J. Son, S. Lee, G.Y. Bae, G. Lee, M, Duduta, and K. Cho, Skin‐Mountable Vibrotactile Stimulator Based on Laterally Multilayered Dielectric Elastomer Actuators. Advanced Functional Materials, 2023.
C. Tugui, M. Cazacu, D.M. Manoli, A. Stefan, and M. Duduta, All-silicone 3D printing technology: toward highly elastic dielectric elastomers and complex structures. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2023.
A. Li, S. Lee, H. Shadat, M. Duduta, Real Time High Voltage Capacitance for Rapid Evaluation of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators, Soft Matter, 2022.
M. Duduta, Robots as Energy Systems: Advances in Robotics across Scales and Technologies, Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022.
Duduta, Mihai & Berlinger, Florian & Nagpal, Radhika & Clarke, David & Wood, Robert & Temel, Zeynep. (2020). Tunable Multi-Modal Locomotion in Soft Dielectric Elastomer Robots. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. PP. 1-1. 10.1109/LRA.2020.2983705.
Zhao, Huichan & Hussain, Aftab & Israr, Ali & Vogt, Daniel & Duduta, Mihai & Clarke, David & Wood, Robert. (2020). A Wearable Soft Haptic Communicator Based on Dielectric Elastomer Actuators. Soft Robotics. 7. 10.1089/soro.2019.0113.
Duduta, Mihai & Berlinger, Florian & Nagpal, Radhika & Clarke, David & Wood, Robert & Temel, Zeynep. (2019). Electrically-latched compliant jumping mechanism based on a dielectric elastomer actuator. Smart Materials and Structures. 28. 10.1088/1361-665X/ab3537.
Duduta, Mihai & Hajiesmaili, Ehsan & Zhao, Huichan & Wood, Robert & Clarke, David. (2019). Realizing the potential of dielectric elastomer artificial muscles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116. 201815053. 10.1073/pnas.1815053116.
Zhao, Huichan & Hussain, Aftab & Duduta, Mihai & Vogt, Daniel & Wood, Robert & Clarke, David. (2018). Compact Dielectric Elastomer Linear Actuators. Advanced Functional Materials. 28. 1804328. 10.1002/adfm.201804328.
Duduta, Mihai & Rivaz, Sebastien & Clarke, David & Wood, Robert. (2018). Ultra‐Lightweight, High Power Density Lithium‐Ion Batteries. Batteries & Supercaps. 1. 10.1002/batt.201800030.
Berlinger, Florian & Duduta, Mihai & Gloria, Hudson & Clarke, David & Nagpal, Radhika & Wood, Robert. (2018). A Modular Dielectric Elastomer Actuator to Drive Miniature Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. 3429-3435. 10.1109/ICRA.2018.8461217.
| mihai.duduta@uconn.edu | |
| Phone | 860-486-9060 |
| Mailing Address | 25 King Hill Lane, Unit 3136 |
| Office Location | Science 1 |
| Campus | Storrs |
| Link | https://sites.google.com/view/therobotincubator/home |