Towards holonomic electro-elastomer actuators with six degrees of freedom

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Conn, A T ^a,b   Rossiter, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROBOTICS LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATORS; ELECTRO-MAGNETIC MOTORS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; KINEMATICAL CONFIGURATIONS; MEDICAL DEVICES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; MULTI-DOF; ROTATIONAL ACTUATION; SCALE-INVARIANT; SINGLE STRUCTURE; SIX DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM; SIX DEGREES OF FREEDOM; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; UNIFIED FORM;

ACTUATORS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; PLASTICS;

ELASTOMERS;

EID: 84857864024     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/21/3/035012     Document Type: Article

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