Characterization of protein based spring-like elastic joints for biorobotic applications

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 1794-1799

  Hamdi, Mustapha ^a   Sharma, Gaurav ^b   Ferreira, Antoine ^a   Mavroidis, Constantinos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DNA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

BIO-NANOROBOTIC STRUCTURES; BIOROBOTIC APPLICATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SOFTWARE (NAMD); MOLECULAR ELASTIC JOINTS;

ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

EID: 33845605934     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1641966     Document Type: Conference Paper

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