Flexor mechanism of robot arm using pneumatic muscle actuators

IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1261-1266

  Saga, Norihiko ^a   Saikawa, Takashi ^a   Okano, Hideharu ^a  

^a AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial Muscle; Robot Arm; Wire drive Mechanism

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; MUSCLE;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; ROBOT ARM; WIRE-DRIVE MECHANISM;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 27744534443     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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