Fabrication and evaluation of biomimetic jellyfish robot using IPMC

CIMTEC 2008 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems - Mining Smartness from Nature

Volumn 58, Issue , 2008, Pages 171-176

  Yeom, Seong Won ^a   Oh, II Kwon ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomimetic; IPMC; Jellyfish

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DEFORMATION; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; ROBOTS;

ACTUATION MATERIALS; APPLICATION FIELDS; DRIVING SIGNAL; FLOATING DISPLACEMENTS; IPMC; IPMC ACTUATORS; JELLYFISH; SINUSOIDAL EXCITATIONS;

BIOMIMETICS;

EID: 62649160987     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.58.171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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