Design concept and validation of a robotic arm inspired by the octopus

Materials Science and Engineering C

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1230-1239

  Cianchetti, M ^a   Arienti, A ^a   Follador, M ^a   Mazzolai, B ^b   Dario, P ^a,b   Laschi, C ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biorobotics; Continuum robot; Embodied intelligence; Octopus arm; Soft robotics

Indexed keywords

BIO-ROBOTICS; CONTINUUM ROBOT; EMBODIED INTELLIGENCE; OCTOPUS ARM; SOFT ROBOTICS;

MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SILICONES;

SHELLFISH;

EID: 79957812535     PISSN: 09284931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2010.12.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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