A fish robot driven by piezoceramic actuators and a miniaturized power supply

International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-272

  Nguyen, Quang Sang ^a   Heo, Seok ^a   Park, Hoon Cheol ^a   Goo, Nam Seo ^a   Kang, Taesam ^b   Yoon, Kwang Joon ^b   Lee, Seung Sik ^c  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Department of Aerospace Information Engineering ^*  (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Marine Science Technology Promotion (KIMST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomimetic; Fish robot; LIPCA; Miniaturized power supply; Piezoceramic actuator

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC; FISH ROBOT; LIPCA; MINIATURIZED POWER SUPPLY; PIEZOCERAMIC ACTUATOR;

BIOMIMETICS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; FISH; MEATS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 64849086539     PISSN: 15986446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12555-009-0212-x     Document Type: Article

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