Soft ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) robot swimming in viscous fluid

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7287, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Stoimenov, Boyko L ^a   Rossiterb, Jonathan ^b   Mukaia, Toshiharu ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial muscle; IPMC; Swimming robot; Undulation; Viscous fluid

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; IPMC; SWIMMING ROBOT; UNDULATION; VISCOUS FLUID;

ACTUATORS; BIOMIMETICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; FLUIDS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MUSCLE; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; POLYMERS; VISCOUS FLOW;

ROBOTS;

EID: 69949107083     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.818705     Document Type: Conference Paper

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