Developing a novel SMA-actuated robotic module

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-81

  Hadi, Alireza ^a   Yousefi Koma, Aghil ^a   Moghaddam, Majid M ^b   Elahinia, Mohammad ^c   Ghazavi, Asadollah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Robotic module; Shape memory alloy; Spring

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM; ELECTRONIC DRIVERS; FLEXIBLE ROBOTICS; MODULAR ROBOTICS; PARALLEL PLATES; RELATIVE MOTION; ROBOT CONFIGURATIONS; ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS; ROBOTIC MODULES; SENSORY SYSTEM; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY; SPRING ACTUATORS; TASK-BASED; TWO DEGREES OF FREEDOM; UNSTRUCTURED ENVIRONMENTS;

ACTUATORS; ALLOYS; MECHANICS; ROBOTICS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

ROBOTS;

EID: 77955419126     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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