Application of macro fibre composite in driving a tail of a biomimetic fish

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6928, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wang, Da ^a   Yin, Weilong ^a   Liu, Yanju ^a   Leng, Jinsong ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Active property; Biomimetic tail; Linkage system; MFC

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BIOMIMETICS; BIONICS; FISH;

BIOMIMETIC TAILS; LINKAGE SYSTEM; MACRO FIBER COMPOSITE (MFC);

FIBERS;

EID: 44349146145     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.775953     Document Type: Conference Paper

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