Modeling and simulation of an artificial muscle and its application to biomimetic robot posture control

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 225-243

  Şafak, Koray K ^a   Adams, George ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial muscle; Biomimetic robot; Nitinol model; Posture control; Underwater robot

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

BIOMIMETIC ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0037207038     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(02)00293-2     Document Type: Article

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