Biorobotic investigation on the muscle structure of an octopus tentacle

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1471-1474

  Mazzolai, Barbara ^a,b   Laschi, Cecilia ^a,b   Cianchetti, Matteo ^a,b   Patanè, Francesco ^a,b   Bassi Luciani, Lorenzo ^b   Izzo, Ivano ^a,b,c   Dario, Paolo ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIOMECHANICS; MICROMANIPULATORS; TENSILE TESTING; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIOMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION; BIOROBOTIC INVESTIGATION; MUSCLE STRUCTURE; ROBOTIC OCTOPUS;

ROBOTIC ARMS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVALUATION STUDY; LIMB; METHODOLOGY; OCTOPUS; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXTREMITIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCTOPODIFORMES; ROBOTICS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 57649176427     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352578     Document Type: Conference Paper

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