Active articulation for future space applications inspired by the hydraulic system of spiders

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 52-61

  Menon, C ^a   Lira, C ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF FREEDOM; ELASTIC JOINTS; FLUIDIC SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC SYSTEM; MICRO-HYDRAULIC; MODULAR CONFIGURATIONS; SINGLE MODULES; SPACE CONDITIONS;

SPACE APPLICATIONS;

HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FLOW KINETICS; LIMB; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EXTREMITIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; RHEOLOGY; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE;

EID: 33846485178     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/1/2/003     Document Type: Review

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