Performance improvement of IPMC (Ionic Polymer Metal Composites) for a flapping actuator

International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 748-755

  Lee, Soon Gie ^a   Park, Hoon Cheol ^a   Pandita, Surya D ^a   Yoo, Youngtai ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial muscle; Flapping device; Ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs); IPMCs actuator; Nation

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; FORCE MEASUREMENT; HEAVY WATER; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; FLAPPING DEVICE; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES (IPMC); IPMC ACTUATOR; NATION™;

METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 33845243372     PISSN: 15986446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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