Design of chemo-mechanical actuator using self-oscillating gel

Proceedings - 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, IEEE ROBIO 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 474-479

  Maeda, Shingo ^a   Hashimoto, Shuji ^a   Yoshida, Ryo ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomimetics; BZ reaction; Chemical robot; Self oscillating gel

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; GELS; OSCILLATIONS; POLYMERS; ROBOTICS; SWELLING;

BIOMIMETICS; BZ REACTION; CHEMICAL ROBOTS; SELF-OSCILLATING GELS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 28344440943     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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