Mobile robots: Motor challenges and materials solutions

Science

Volumn 318, Issue 5853, 2007, Pages 1094-1097

  Madden, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR; MUSCLE; ROBOTICS; TECHNOLOGY;

AGILITY; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; JUMPING; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; HUMANS; MOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROBOTICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 36248974668     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1146351     Document Type: Review

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