Experiments and characteristics analysis of a bio-inspired underwater microrobot

2009 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3330-3335

  Guo, Shuxiang ^a,b   Shi, Liwei ^b   Asaka, Kinji ^c   Li, Lingfei ^d  

^a HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomimetic underwater microrobot; Ionic polymer metal composite actuator; Micromechanism

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BIOMIMETICS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; ROTATING MACHINERY; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

BENDING CHARACTERISTICS; CHARACTERISTICS ANALYSIS; CRAWLING MICROROBOT; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; IONIC POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITE ACTUATORS; MICRO MECHANISMS; UNDERWATER MICROROBOT; UNDERWATER MONITORING;

DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 77449098614     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMA.2009.5246308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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