Position control of an experimental robotic arm driven by artificial muscles based on shape memory alloys

International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-236

  Cocaud, Cedric ^a   Price, Aaron ^a   Jnifene, Amor ^b   Naguib, Hani ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial muscles; Robotic arm; Rule based control; Shape memory alloys

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; POSITION CONTROL; ROBOTICS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; CONTROL STRATEGIES; LINEAR ROBOTIC ACTUATORS; RULE BASED CONTROL;

ROBOTIC ARMS;

EID: 34948875740     PISSN: 15691713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10999-007-9026-2     Document Type: Article

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