Characteristics analysis of a biomimetic underwater walking microrobot

2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1600-1605

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Guo, Shuxiang ^a,b   Asaka, Kinji ^c  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomimetic microrobot; ICPF actuator; Underwater microrobot

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AUTOMATION; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; ROBOTICS; ROTATION; SPEED; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT;

BIO MIMETIC; COMPACT STRUCTURES; EFFICIENT LOCOMOTION; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; ICPF ACTUATORS; IN-PIPE; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MICRO ROBOTS; MICRO-ROBOTS; ROTATING MOTIONS; ROTATING SPEEDS; SIMULATION RESULTS; UNDERWATER MICROROBOT; WALKING SPEEDS; WATER PROOFING;

BIOMIMETICS;

EID: 46249084358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2006.340183     Document Type: Conference Paper

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