Design, fabrication and performances of a biomimetic robotic earthworm

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 274-278

  Menciassi, A ^a   Gorini, S ^a   Pernorio, G ^a   Liu, Weiting ^b   Valvo, F ^a   Dario, P ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Micro legs; Microrobot; SMA actuators; Undulatory motion

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FREQUENCIES; MICROELECTRONICS; MOTION CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

BIOMIMETIC ROBOTS; EARTHWORMS; PROTOTYPES; WORKING FREQUENCY;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 28344446675     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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