Biomimetic soft actuator: Design, modeling, control, and applications

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 581-593

  Choi, Hyouk Ryeol ^a   Jung, Kwangmok ^a   Ryew, Sungmoo ^a   Nam, Jae Do ^a   Jeon, Jaewook ^a   Koo, Ja Choon ^a   Tanie, Kazuo ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Actuator; Artificial muscle; Biomimetic; Dielectric elastomer; Electroactive polymer (EAP)

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELASTOMERS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ROBOTICS; STIFFNESS;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; BIOMIMETIC SOFT ACTUATORS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER (EAP);

ACTUATORS;

EID: 28044453736     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2005.856108     Document Type: Article

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