A biomimetic jellyfish robot based on ionic polymer metal composite actuators

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Yeom, Sung Weon ^a   Oh, Il Kwon ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; BIO-INSPIRED; BIO-MIMETIC ROBOT; CURVED SHAPES; ELECTRICAL INPUTS; FLOATING VELOCITY; INPUT SIGNAL; IONIC POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITE ACTUATORS; RECOVERY PROCESS; SINUSOIDAL EXCITATIONS; SMOOTH CURVES; THERMAL TREATMENT; THRUST FORCES;

ACTUATORS; BIOMIMETICS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HEAT TREATMENT; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; ROBOTS;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 70350671729     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/18/8/085002     Document Type: Article

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