Shape design of gel robots made of electroactive polymer gel

Proceedings of SPIE- The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4234, Issue , 2001, Pages 194-202

  Otake, M ^a   Kagami, Y ^a   Ishikawa, K ^a   Inaba, M ^a   Inoue, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Design; Ectroactive polymer; Elastic robot; Gel robot; Ionic gel; Shape; Topology

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; POLYMERS; ROBOTS;

ELASTIC ROBOTS;

GELS;

EID: 0034980128     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.424407     Document Type: Article

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