Tadpole Robot (TadRob) using ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) actuator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5051, Issue , 2003, Pages 272-280

  Jung, Jaehoon ^a   Tak, Younghun ^a   Kim, Byungkyu ^a   Park, Jong Oh ^a   Lee, Seung Ki ^b   Pak, Jungho ^c  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Dankook University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

IPMC actuator; Polymer fin; Robot steering; Tadpole robot; Thrust force; Undulation motion

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CORRELATION METHODS; FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; OSCILLATIONS; REMOTE CONTROL; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ROBOT STEERING;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0242694392     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.484299     Document Type: Conference Paper

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