A spatial bending fluidic actuator: Fabrication and quasi-static characteristics

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Chang, Benjamin ^a   Chew, Allison ^a   Naghshineh, Nastaran ^a   Menon, Carlo ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION PROCEDURE; FLUIDIC ACTUATORS; ORTHOGONAL AXES; POSITION CONTROLLER; QUASI-STATIC; QUASI-STATIC CHARACTERISTICS; REGRESSION MODEL; STEREOVISION MEASUREMENT; WORKING FLUID;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILICONES;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 84858732818     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/21/4/045008     Document Type: Article

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