Bending response of an artificial muscle in high-pressure water environments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5759, Issue , 2005, Pages 388-395

  Nakabo, Yoshihiro ^a   Takagi, Kentaro ^a   Mukai, Toshiharu ^a   Yoshida, Hiroshi ^b   Asaka, Kinji ^c  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Bio inspired robot; Bio mimetic robot; Deep ocean; Deep sea; Ionic actuator; IPMC; Polymer actuator; Smart actuator; Soft actuator; Underwater robot

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; GELS; GOLD PLATING; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMER BLENDS; ROBOTS; WATER;

BIO-INSPIRED ROBOTS; BIO-MIMETIC ROBOTS; DEEP OCEANS; DEEP SEA; IONIC ACTUATORS; IONIC POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITES (IPMC); POLYMER ACTUATORS; SMART ACTUATORS; SOFT ACTUATORS; UNDERWATER ROBOTS;

MUSCLE;

EID: 25144525083     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.599412     Document Type: Conference Paper

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