A modular approach to soft robots

Proceedings of the IEEE RAS and EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1038-1045

  Onal, Cagdas D ^a   Rus, Daniela ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION; COMPLEX MOTION; COMPOSITION TECHNIQUE; DISTRIBUTED SENSING; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; MODULAR APPROACH; OXYGEN GAS; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS; SOFT ROBOT;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84867434992     PISSN: 21551774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BioRob.2012.6290290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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