Design of biomimetic robot-eye system with single vari-focal lens and winding-type SMA actuator

2008 International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems, ICCAS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2533-2537

  Choi, Jong Moon ^a   Son, Hyung Min ^a   Lee, Yun Jung ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomimetic; Focusing; Lens accommodation; PDMS; SMA; Vari focal

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; COLLOIDS; FOCUSING; GELATION; MACHINE DESIGN; MICROACTUATORS; MICROCHANNELS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; ROBOTICS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SILICONES; WINDING; WIRE;

BIOMIMETIC; BIOMIMETIC ROBOTS; EXTERNAL VIBRATIONS; FOCAL LENGTHS; FOCAL LENSES; HIGH POWERS; HUMAN EYES; LEVER PRINCIPLES; LIGHT WEIGHTS; MECHANICAL PARTS; PDMS; SMA; SMA ACTUATORS; SMA WIRES; VARI-FOCAL;

LENSES;

EID: 58149089053     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCAS.2008.4694281     Document Type: Conference Paper

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