Design and mechanics of an antagonistic biomimetic actuator system

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2, Issue , 1998, Pages 1629-1634

  Kolacinski, R M ^a   Quinn, R D ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ROBOTICS; BIOMECHANICS; LINEARIZATION; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POSITION CONTROL; STIFFNESS;

ACTUATION SYSTEMS; BIOMIMETIC ACTUATORS; ELASTIC STORAGE; GEOMETRIC DEFORMATIONS; LINEARIZATION METHODS; LOCAL PROPERTY; MECHANICAL MODEL; RATE OF DEFORMATION;

BIOMIMETICS; ACTUATORS;

ANTAGONISTIC BIOMIMETIC ACTUATOR SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031637216     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.677385     Document Type: Conference Paper

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