A microrobotic gripper and force sensor

Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing

Volumn 144 AISC, Issue VOL. 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Lumia, Ron ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORCE SENSOR; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES; MICRO ROBOTIC GRIPPER; RIGID OBJECTS; SENSOR AND ACTUATORS;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS;

SENSORS;

EID: 84862737820     PISSN: 18675662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-28314-7_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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