Dielectric elastomer bender actuator applied to modular robotics

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 408-413

  White, Paul J ^a   Latscha, Stella ^a   Schlaefer, Steve ^a   Yim, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION TECHNOLOGIES; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; DIELECTRIC ELASTOMERS; DOWN-SCALING; ELECTRO-MAGNETIC MOTORS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; FIGURES OF MERITS; MESOSCALE; MODULAR ROBOTICS; ROBOT MORPHOLOGY; SELF RECONFIGURATION; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY; SINGLE MODULES; STATE OF THE ART;

ACTUATORS; ELASTOMERS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MODULAR ROBOTS; PLASTICS; ROBOTICS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 84455171318     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2011.6048566     Document Type: Conference Paper

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