Development of a peristaltic crawling robot using magnetic fluid on the basis of the locomotion mechanism of the earthworm

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 566-569

  Saga, Norihiko ^a   Nakamura, Taro ^a  

^a AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUIDS; MOTION CONTROL; SYSTEMS SCIENCE; VISCOSITY;

EARTHWORMS; MICRO-ROBOTS; PERISTALTIC CRAWLING ROBOTS; WIRELESS FORCES;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 2942590526     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/13/3/016     Document Type: Article

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