A new theory and methods for creating peristaltic motion in a robotic platform

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1221-1227

  Boxerbaum, Alexander S ^a   Chiel, Hillel J ^b   Quinn, Roger D ^a  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; CONSTRAINED SPACE; DIFFERENT SCALE; INNOVATIVE DESIGN; LIMITING FACTORS; NEW THEORY; PERISTALTIC MOTION; ROBOT VELOCITY; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 77955787629     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509655     Document Type: Conference Paper

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