Statics analysis on the leg of water strider robot

Beijing Hangkong Hangtian Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1176-1179

  Wang, Shuhui ^a   Wu, Licheng ^b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Statics; Surface tension; Water strider robot

Indexed keywords

BIONIC ROBOT; BREAKING CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; LOAD CAPACITY; MATLAB PROGRAM; STATIC MODEL; STATICS; WATER STRIDER ROBOT; WATER STRIDERS; WATER SURFACE;

CONTACT ANGLE; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 78649640115     PISSN: 10015965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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