Digital fabrication of a novel bio-actuator for bio-robotic art and design

International Conference on Digital Printing Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 496-499

  Walters, Peter ^a,b   Ieropoulos, Ioannis ^b   McGoran, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROBOTICS LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D PRINTING; ARTIFICIAL LIFE; ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS; CONTROL VALVES; DIGITAL FABRICATION; ENERGY SOURCE; PAPER RANGE; PERFORMANCE OF DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES; PNEUMATIC PRESSURE; RAPID TOOLING; TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE; YEAST SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DESIGN; DIAPHRAGMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; ROBOTICS; SAFETY VALVES; YEAST;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 84860744338     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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