Concept design of novel bio-inspired distributed actuators for space applications

AIAA 57th International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2006

Volumn 10, Issue , 2006, Pages 6841-6849

  Menon, Carlo ^a   Carpi, Federico ^b   De Rossi, Danilo ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SPACE APPLICATIONS;

DIELECTRIC ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS; PERISTALTIC MUSCLE MOVEMENTS; SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 40749111855     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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