An electricity-free snake-like propulsion mechanism driven and controlled by fluids

2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3637-3642

  Date, Hisashi ^a   Takita, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SNAKES; CONTINUUM MODEL; JOINT ANGLE; LATERAL UNDULATION; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; MUSCULAR ACTIVITIES; PROPULSION MECHANISMS; SNAKE-LIKE ROBOT;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

PROPULSION;

EID: 76249133128     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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