An improved design of piezo-eomposite actuator used as the artificial muscle for bio-inspired robots

2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 7-12

  Nguyen, Ngoc Trung ^a   Yoon, Bum Soo ^a   Yoon, Kwang Joon ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial muscle; Bio inspired robot; Interdigitated electrodes; LIPCA; Piezo composite actuator

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AUTOMATION; BIOMIMETICS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; MACHINE DESIGN; MUSCLE; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES; BENDING MOTION; BIO-INSPIRED ROBOT; BIO-INSPIRED ROBOTS; COMPOSITE ACTUATORS; INTERDIGITATED ELECTRODES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LIPCA; PIEZO-COMPOSITE ACTUATOR; PIEZO-ELECTRIC EFFECTS; POLING DIRECTIONS; SMART MATERIALS; UNIMORPH;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 49249088303     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2007.4522126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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