Micro artificial muscle fiber using NiTi spring for soft robotics

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2228-2234

  Kim, Sangbae ^a   Hawkes, Elliot ^a   Cho, Kyujin ^b   Jolda, Matthew ^c   Foley, Joe ^c   Wood, Robert ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c IROBOT CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; BIO-INSPIRED; COIL SPRING; DISPLACEMENT CONTROL; ENERGY DENSITY; FORCE-DISPLACEMENT CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; MANUFACTURING METHODS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MARTENSITE DEFORMATION; MESOSCALE; MICRO-SCALES; MUSCLE FIBER; NICKEL TITANIUM; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS; ROBUST ACTUATOR; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY; SPRING EFFECTS;

DEFORMATION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATIONS; MUSCLE; ROBOTICS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; TITANIUM;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 76249133354     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354178     Document Type: Conference Paper

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