Whole skin locomotion inspired by amoeboid motility mechanisms

Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference - DETC2005

Volumn 7 B, Issue , 2005, Pages 677-682

  Ingram, Mark ^a   Hong, Dennis ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; SKIN; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

AMOEBOID MOTILITY MECHANISMS; ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPES; SKIN LOCOMOTION;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 33244487797     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/detc2005-85419     Document Type: Conference Paper

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