Fabrication of ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs) and robot design

Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering in China

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 332-338

  Peng, Hanmin ^a   Ding, Qingjun ^a   Li, Huafeng ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

Actuator; Artificial muscles; Bionic robot; Ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs); Platinum plated

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650609879     PISSN: 16733479     EISSN: 16733592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11465-009-0046-5     Document Type: Article

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