Hybrid type of underwater Micro Biped Robot with walking and swimming motions

IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1604-1609

  Guo, Shuxiang ^a,b   Okuda, Yuya ^a   Asaka, Kinji ^c  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

ICPF actuator; Micro Biped Robot; Microactuator; Microrobot; Optimisation; Propulsion

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; OPTIMIZATION;

ICPF ACTUATOR; MICROACTUATOR; MICROROBOT;

ROBOTS;

EID: 27744488676     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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