Freeform fabrication of ionomeric polymer-metal composite actuators

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 244-253

  Malone, Evan ^a   Lipson, Hod ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuators; Robotics

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FABRICATION; ROBOTICS;

BIDIRECTIONAL ACTUATION CYCLES; FREEFORM FABRICATION; IONOMERIC POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITE (IPMC) ACTUATORS; ROBOTIC DEPOSITION;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 33750156037     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552540610707004     Document Type: Article

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