A prototype of underwater microrobot system with an artificial swim bladder

2006 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 660-665

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Guo, Shuxiang ^a,b   Asaka, Kinji ^c  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial swim bladder; Biomimetic locomotion; ICPF actuator; Underwater microrobot

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; MICROACTUATORS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT;

ARTIFICIAL SWIM BLADDER; BIOMIMETIC LOCOMOTION; ICPF ACTUATORS; UNDERWATER MICROROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 34247265423     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMA.2006.257650     Document Type: Conference Paper

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