Feasibility of artificial muscle for mars airplane

A dielectric elastomer (DE) is a relatively new transducer technology that uses rubberlike polymers (elastomers) as actuator materials.1, 2 The basic element of DE is a very simple structure comprised of a thin elastomer sandwiched by soft electrodes. When a voltage difference is applied between the electrodes, they are attracted to each other by Coulomb forces leading to a thickness-wise contraction and plane-wise expansion of the elastomer. At the material level, DE actuator has fast speed of response (over 100kHz), with a high strain rate (up to 600%), high pressure (up to 8MPa), and power density of 1W/g.3 DE actuator having only 0.1 g of DE can lift the weight of 2kg easily using carbon system electrodes.3