Design of a biomimetic robotic octopus arm

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Laschi, C ^a,b   Mazzolai, B ^a,b   Mattoli, V ^a   Cianchetti, M ^a,b   Dario, P ^a,b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC ROBOTICS; DESIGN CRITERIA; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS; MUSCULAR HYDROSTAT; ORTHOGONAL PLANE; ROBOT ARMS; STIFFNESS VARIATIONS;

BIOMIMETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLLUSCS; ROBOTIC ARMS; SHELLFISH; STIFFNESS;

DESIGN;

OCTOPUS;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIMB; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OCTOPUS; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXTREMITIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCTOPODIFORMES; ROBOTICS;

EID: 64549120283     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/4/1/015006     Document Type: Article

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