A linked manipulator with Ion-Polymer Metal Composite (IPMC) joints for soft- and micromanipulation

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3588-3593

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INVERSE KINEMATICS; MICROMANIPULATORS; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; ROBOTICS;

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MICRO MANIPULATIONS; RIGID LINKS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 51649116448     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543760     Document Type: Conference Paper

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