Soft robotics: Challenges and perspectives

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages 99-102

  Iida, Fumiya ^a   Laschi, Cecilia ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive and autonomous robot control; Bio inspired robotics; Smart materials; Soft robotics

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AUTONOMOUS ROBOT CONTROL; BIO-INSPIRED ROBOTICS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; SOFT ROBOTICS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84856505241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770509     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2011.12.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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