Dielectric elastomer pump for artificial organisms

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7976, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bowers, Amy E ^a,b   Rossiter, Jonathan M ^a   Walters, Peter J ^c   Ieropoulos, Ioannis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROBOTICS LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dielectric elastomer; Low power; Peristalsis; Pump; Tube

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANISMS; BIO-INSPIRED; BIOMIMETIC ROBOTICS; CHECK VALVES; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; DIGESTIVE TRACT; FLUID DISPLACEMENT; FLUID FLOW; FOOD INDUSTRIES; FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENT; LOW POWER; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; OPTIMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; PERISTALSIS; PERISTALTIC PUMP; PRESTRAINING; PUMPING UNIT; TUBE; TUBE WALLS; VALVE SYSTEMS;

ACTUATORS; BIOMIMETICS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELASTOMERS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FUEL CELLS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTICS; SILICONES; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VALVES (MECHANICAL);

PUMPS;

EID: 79955909304     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.880440     Document Type: Conference Paper

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