A multilink manipulator with IPMC joints

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6927, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hunt, Andres ^a   Punning, Andres ^a   Anton, Mart ^a   Aabloo, Alvo ^a   Kruusmaa, Maarja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Electroactive polymer; IPMC control; IPMC modelling; Manipulator; Open loop manipulator control; Short IPMC; Transmission line model

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER; IPMC CONTROL; IPMC MODELING; OPEN-LOOP MANIPULATOR CONTROL; SHORT IPMC; TRANSMISSION LINE MODEL;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 44449159429     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.775952     Document Type: Conference Paper

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