Artificial annelid robot driven by soft actuators

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Jung, Kwangmok ^a   Koo, Ja Choon ^a   Nam, Jae Do ^a   Lee, Young Kwan ^a   Choi, Hyouk Ryeol ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION METHODS; ACTUATOR MODULES; BIOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NOVEL ACTUATION; SOFT ACTUATORS; TRANSLATIONAL MOTIONS;

BIOMIMETICS; ELASTOMERS; ROBOTS;

ACTUATORS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; ANNELIDA; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROBOTICS; TRANSDUCERS;

ANNELIDA;

EID: 34250193647     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/2/2/S05     Document Type: Article

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