An experimental study on a SMA driven pressurized hyper-redundant manipulator

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1067-1076

  Lanteigne, Eric ^a   Jnifene, Amor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hyper redundant manipulator; Pressurized structure; SMA

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALLOYS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

HYPER-REDUNDANT MANIPULATOR; PRESSURIZED STRUCTURE; SMA;

REDUNDANT MANIPULATORS;

EID: 50649109620     PISSN: 1045389X     EISSN: 15308138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1045389X07083185     Document Type: Article

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