A swimming robot actuated by living muscle tissue

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Herr, Hugh ^a   Dennis, Robert G ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; LIFESPAN; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SWIMMING;

EID: 15244353905     PISSN: 17430003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-1-6     Document Type: Article

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