Soft robot arm inspired by the octopus

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 709-727

  Laschi, Cecilia ^a   Cianchetti, Matteo ^a   Mazzolai, Barbara ^b   Margheri, Laura ^a   Follador, Maurizio ^a   Dario, Paolo ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

muscular hydrostats; Octopus; shape memory alloy; soft robot

Indexed keywords

BASIC MOVEMENTS; BIOLOGICAL MODELS; COMPUTING RESOURCE; EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; MARINE ANIMALS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MUSCULAR HYDROSTAT; MUSCULAR HYDROSTATS; NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS; ROBOT ARMS; SOFT ROBOT;

MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; ROBOTIC ARMS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

SHELLFISH;

EID: 84858255759     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855312X626343     Document Type: Article

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