Omegabot: Biomimetic inchworm robot using SMA coil actuator and smart composite microstructures (SCM)

2009 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1154-1159

  Koh, Je Sung ^a   Cho, Kyu Jin ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOTION; BIO-INSPIRED; FABRICATION METHOD; IN-BETWEEN; INCHWORM ROBOT; LASER MICRO-MACHINING; LEAF EDGE; ROUGH SURFACES; ROUGH TERRAINS; SEARCH AND RESCUE; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY; SMA COIL ACTUATOR; SMALL SCALE; SMART COMPOSITES;

ACTUATORS; BIOMIMETICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; ROBOTICS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 77951461462     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2009.5420752     Document Type: Conference Paper

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