A biomimetic undulatory tadpole robot using ionic polymer-metal composite actuators

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1579-1585

  Kim, Byungkyu ^a   Kim, Deok Ho ^b,d   Jung, Jaehoon ^b   Park, Jong Oh ^c  

^a Hankuk Aviation University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^d Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ION ACOUSTIC WAVES; POLYMERS; ROBOTS;

BIOMIMETIC UNDULATORY TADPOLE ROBOTS; EMBEDDED CONTROLLERS; IONIC POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITE (IPMC) ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 28344446949     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/14/6/051     Document Type: Article

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