Mechanical characterization of artificial muscles with computer vision

Proceedings of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4695, Issue , 2002, Pages 253-261

  Verdu R ^a   Morales, J ^a   Fernandez Romero, A J ^a   Cortes M T ^a   Otero, T F ^a   Weruaga, Luis ^a  

^a Antiguo Hospital de Marina   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active contours; Conducting polymers; Energy of curvature; Non rigid motion tracking

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER VISION; CONFORMATIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; MUSCLE; OXIDATION;

ACTIVE CONTOURS;

CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS;

EID: 0036028451     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.475172     Document Type: Article

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