The design and modeling of a liquid-propellant-powered actuator for energetically autonomous robots

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 917-923

  Barth, Eric J ^a   Gogola, Michael A ^a   Wehrmeyer, Joseph A ^a   Goldfarb, Michael ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DC MOTORS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; LIQUIDS; MANIPULATORS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PROPELLANTS; ROBOTS;

ACTUATION SYSTEMS; AUTONOMOUS ROBOT; CLOSED-LOOP-TRACKING; DEGREE OF FREEDOM; DESIGN AND MODELING; ENERGY DENSITY; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE; HEAT FLOWS; LOSS OF ENERGY; MANIPULATOR PROTOTYPES; POWER DENSITIES; SYSTEM ENERGY; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 26744457359     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2002-32080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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