Study on peristaltic crawling robot using artificial muscle actuator

IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 679-684

  Saga, N ^a   Nakamura, T ^a   Ueda, S ^a  

^a AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actuators; Forward contracts; Friction; Machine intelligence; Mobile robots; Muscles; Orbital robotics; Organisms; Systems engineering and theory; Wheels

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGY; FRICTION; INTELLIGENT MECHATRONICS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MUSCLE; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; WHEELS;

FORWARD CONTRACT; MACHINE INTELLIGENCE; ORBITAL ROBOTICS; ORGANISMS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND THEORIES;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 19844367722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AIM.2003.1225176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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