Two IPMC fingers based micro gripper for handling

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Jain, R K ^a   Datta, S ^a   Majumder, S ^a   Dutta, A ^b  

^a CMERI (CSIR)   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Actuator etc; EAP; Handling device; IPMC; Micro gripper

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROLYTES; MICROMACHINING;

ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; HANDLING DEVICE; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES; IPMC; MICRO ASSEMBLY; MICRO GRIPPER;

GRIPPERS;

EID: 79952369927     PISSN: 17298806     EISSN: 17298814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5772/10523     Document Type: Article

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