Development of an artificial muscle linear actuator using ionic polymer-metal composites

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 383-399

  Yamakita, Masaki ^a,b   Kamamichi, Norihiro ^a   Kaneda, Yasuaki ^b   Asaka, Kinji ^b,c   Luo, Zhi Wei ^b  

^a Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial muscle actuator; Biped walking; EAP; IPMC; Soft actuator

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DATA REDUCTION; MOBILE ROBOTS; MUSCLE; POLYMERS; ROBOTICS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TORQUE;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE ACTUATORS; BIPED WALKING; EAP; IPMC; SOFT ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 2342614832     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855304773822473     Document Type: Article

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