Micro robot actuated by soft actuators based on dielectric elastomer

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1730-1735

  Choi, H R ^a   Ryew, S M ^a   Jung, K M ^a   Kim, H M ^a   Jeon, J W ^a   Nam, J D ^a   Maeda, R ^b   Tanie, K ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELASTOMERS; MOTION CONTROL;

ANTAGONISTICALLY DRIVEN LINEAR ACTUATOR; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER; FORWARD BACKWARD CONTROLLABLE COMPLIANCE; MICRO ROBOT; RINGLIKE SEGMENT; SOFT ACTUATORS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0036452254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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