Lateral thin-film piezoelectric actuators for bio-inspired micro-robotic locomotion

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages 759-768

  Oldham, Kenn ^a   Rhee, Choong Ho ^a   Ryou, Jyoung Hoon ^a   Polcawich, Ronald ^b   Pulskamp, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT; BIO-INSPIRED; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; HIGH-ASPECT RATIO; IN-PLANE; JOINT ANGLE; JOINT DESIGNS; JOINT STRUCTURE; LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE; LOAD-BEARING CAPACITY; MICROROBOTS; ROBOTIC JOINT; STROKE LENGTH; THIN FILM PIEZOELECTRIC; UNIMORPH; WALKING SPEED;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MACHINE DESIGN; NANOSYSTEMS; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 82155201688     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2009-86427     Document Type: Conference Paper

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