Martian jumping rover equipped with electroactive polymer actuators: A preliminary study

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-92

  Carpi, Federico ^a   Tralli, Aldo ^b   De Rossi, Danilo ^a   Gaudenzi, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOMERS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; ROBOTICS;

ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; JUMPING MECHANISM;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 34248639619     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2007.357156     Document Type: Article

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