Design of a hyper-flexible assembly robot using artificial muscles

2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 897-902

  Schmitt, Jan ^a   Grabert, Frank ^a   Raatz, Annika ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION PRINCIPLES; ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; DESIGN PROCESS; DOUBLE SIDED; FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY; FLEXIBLE ROBOTS; INDUSTRIAL ASSEMBLIES; KINEMATIC STRUCTURES; MECHANICAL INTERFACE; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; MODULAR DESIGNS; NUMBER OF ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS; BIOMIMETICS; KINEMATICS; MACHINE DESIGN; MUSCLE; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 79952980606     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2010.5723445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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