Aquatic robotic propulsor using ionic polymer-metal composite artificial muscle

2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1269-1274

  Paquette, Jason W ^a   Kim, Kwang J ^a   Yim, Woosoon ^b  

^a Department of Computer Science and Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending actuator; Electroactive Polymer; Ionic Polymer Metal Composite; Propulsor

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MUSCLE; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; TRANSDUCERS;

AQUATIC ROBOTIC PROPULSOR; BENDING ACTUATORS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS (EAP); IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES (IPMC);

ROBOTICS;

EID: 14044279921     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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