Development of a shape memory alloy actuator. Measurement of material characteristics and development of active endoscopes

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 3-27

  Hirose, Shigeo ^a   Ikuta, Koji ^b   Tsukamoto, Masahiro ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ASAHI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; MATERIALS WITH MEMORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPRINGS;

ACTIVE ENDOSCOPES; RESISTANCE FEEDBACK; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0025597490     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855390X00026     Document Type: Article

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