EAP actuators for biomimetic technologies with humanlike robots as one of the ultimate challenges

CIMTEC 2008 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems - Artificial Muscle Actuators using Electroactive Polymers

Volumn 61, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-7

  Bar Cohen, Yoseph ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuators; Biomimetics; EAP; Electroactive polymers; Humanlike robots; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BIOMIMETIC PROCESSES; BIOMIMETICS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; MUSCLE; POLYMERS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

APPEARANCE AND BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; ENGINEERED SYSTEMS; HUMANLIKE ROBOTS; SELF-LEARNING CAPABILITY; TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES;

ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS;

EID: 62449207011     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.61.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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