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Overview

Herbert Shea is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, specializing in the field of engineering with a focus on biomedical engineering, cognitive neuroscience, mechanical engineering, mechanics of materials, and materials chemistry. Their research is situated primarily in the intersection of engineering disciplines, with a notable emphasis on tactile and sensory interactions and advanced sensor technologies.

The researcher has contributed extensively to topics including advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, dielectric materials and actuators, soft robotics and applications, adhesion, friction, and surface interactions, advanced materials and mechanics, as well as ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials.

Herbert Shea's recent publications highlight a concentration on wearable haptics and soft robotics, with selected papers such as:

  • Wearable Soft Technologies for Haptic Sensing and Feedback, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Multimode Hydraulically Amplified Electrostatic Actuators for Wearable Haptics, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Untethered Feel-Through Haptics Using 18-µm Thick Dielectric Elastomer Actuators, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Fiber pumps for wearable fluidic systems, 2023, Science
  • Shielded soft force sensors, 2022, Nature Communications

Their frequent co-authors include Vito Cacucciolo, Edouard Leroy, Michael Smith, Bekir Aksoy, and Giulio Grasso, reflecting a collaborative research environment that supports multidisciplinary exploration within advanced materials and soft robotics.

Herbert Shea has a history of publishing in specialized venues that align with their research focus. Notable publication venues include:

  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Smart Materials and Structures
  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Materials Technologies

The emphasis on biomedical engineering and tactile interactions underscores the practical applications of their work in wearable technologies and sensory feedback systems. Their contributions cross disciplinary boundaries, integrating material science, mechanical systems, and cognitive aspects to advance the understanding of soft actuators and sensor technology.

Best Publications

  • Single- and multi-wall carbon nanotube field-effect transistors

    R. Martel;T. Schmidt;H. R. Shea;T. Hertel

  • Soft Robotic Grippers.

    Jun Shintake;Vito Cacucciolo;Dario Floreano;Herbert Shea

  • Versatile Soft Grippers with Intrinsic Electroadhesion Based on Multifunctional Polymer Actuators

    Jun Shintake;Samuel Rosset;Bryan Edward Schubert;Dario Floreano

  • Flexible and stretchable electrodes for dielectric elastomer actuators

    Samuel Rosset;Herbert R. Shea

  • An autonomous untethered fast soft robotic insect driven by low-voltage dielectric elastomer actuators

    Xiaobin Ji;Xinchang Liu;Vito Cacucciolo;Matthias Imboden

  • Stretchable pumps for soft machines

    Vito Cacucciolo;Jun Shintake;Jun Shintake;Yu Kuwajima;Shingo Maeda

  • Carbon nanotubes: nanomechanics, manipulation, and electronic devices

    Ph Avouris;T Hertel;R Martel;T Schmidt

  • Soft Biomimetic Fish Robot Made of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators.

    Jun Shintake;Vito Cacucciolo;Herbert Shea;Dario Floreano

  • Rings of single-walled carbon nanotubes

    Richard Martel;Herbert R. Shea;Phaedon Avouris

  • Standards for dielectric elastomer transducers

    Federico Carpi;Iain Anderson;Siegfried Bauer;Gabriele Frediani

  • Ultrafast All-Polymer Electrically Tunable Silicone Lenses

    Luc Maffli;Samuel Rosset;Michele Ghilardi;Federico Carpi;Federico Carpi

  • Rollable Multisegment Dielectric Elastomer Minimum Energy Structures for a Deployable Microsatellite Gripper

    Oluwaseun A. Araromi;Irina Gavrilovich;Jun Shintake;Samuel Rosset

  • Wearable Soft Technologies for Haptic Sensing and Feedback

    Jessica Yin;Ronan Hinchet;Herbert Shea;Carmel Majidi

  • Variable stiffness actuator for soft robotics using dielectric elastomer and low-melting-point alloy

    Jun Shintake;Bryan Schubert;Samuel Rosset;Herbert Shea

  • 1100 x 1100 port MEMS-based optical crossconnect with 4-dB maximum loss

    J. Kim;C.J. Nuzman;B. Kumar;D.F. Lieuwen

  • Metal Ion Implantation for the Fabrication of Stretchable Electrodes on Elastomers

    Samuel Rosset;Muhamed Niklaus;Philippe Dubois;Herbert R. Shea

  • Multimode Hydraulically Amplified Electrostatic Actuators for Wearable Haptics.

    Edouard Leroy;Ronan Hinchet;Herbert Shea

  • Ring Formation in Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

    Richard Martel;Herbert R. Shea;Phaedon Avouris

  • Electrical transport in rings of single-wall nanotubes: one-dimensional localization

    H. R. Shea;R. Martel;Ph. Avouris

  • Self-sensing dielectric elastomer actuators in closed-loop operation

    Samuel Rosset;Benjamin M O’Brien;Todd Gisby;Daniel Xu

  • MEMS Reliability

    Herbert R. Shea;Allyson L. Hartzell;Mark G. da Silva

Frequent Co-Authors

Samuel Rosset
Samuel Rosset University of Auckland
Philippe Dubois
Philippe Dubois University of Mons
Vladimir A. Aksyuk
Vladimir A. Aksyuk National Institute of Standards and Technology
Danick Briand
Danick Briand École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jungsang Kim
Jungsang Kim Duke University
David J. Bishop
David J. Bishop Boston University
Edoardo Charbon
Edoardo Charbon École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Julien Perruisseau-Carrier
Julien Perruisseau-Carrier École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Phaedon Avouris
Phaedon Avouris IBM (United States)
Richard Martel
Richard Martel University of Montreal

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