Experimental verifications on control and sensing of bucky gel actuator/sensor

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1172-1177

  Kamamichi, Norihiro ^a,b   Yamakita, Masaki ^c,d   Asaka, Kinji ^d,e   Luo, Zhi Wei ^d,f   Mukai, Toshiharu ^d  

^a TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN   (Japan)

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

^f KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE; FEEDBACK; FEEDBACK CONTROL; GELATION; GELS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; POLYMERS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SENSORS;

GEL ELECTROLYTES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; POLYMER-SUPPORTED;

COLLOIDS;

EID: 51349119233     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2007.4399078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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