Right angle tetrahedron Chain Externally-actuated Testbed (RATChET): A shape-changing system

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 7, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2009, Pages 807-817

  White, Paul J ^a   Thorne, Chris E ^a   Yim, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D SHAPE; ARBITRARY SHAPE; COMPLIANT MECHANISM; EXTERNAL ACTUATORS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MICRO-SCALE COMPONENTS; MICRO-SCALES; MODULAR ROBOTICS; MOTION SEQUENCES; PROGRAMMABLE MATTER; RE-CONFIGURABLE; SMALL SCALE;

ACTUATORS; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; DESIGN; GEOMETRY; MECHANISMS; ROBOTICS; TESTBEDS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 80051705745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2009-87657     Document Type: Conference Paper

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