Electroactive polymers (EAP) as an enabling tool in biomimetics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6524, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bar Cohen, Yoseph ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biologically inspired technologies; Biomimetics; EAP; Electroactive polymers; Robotics

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIOMIMETICS; MUSCLE; POLYMERS; ROBOTICS;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS; HUMAN INNOVATION;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 35148839920     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.716431     Document Type: Conference Paper

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