Towards a biomorphic soft robot: Design constraints and solutions

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 599-605

  Trimmer, Barry A ^a   Lin, Huai Ti ^a,b   Baryshyan, Amanda ^c   Leisk, Gary G ^c   Kaplan, David L ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATED JOINT; BIOMORPHIC; BODY PLAN; BODY STRUCTURE; DESIGN CONSTRAINTS; GAIT GENERATION; KEY CONSTRAINTS; LOCOMOTION METHOD; MODES OF LOCOMOTION; PHYSICAL MODEL; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS; SOFT ACTUATORS; SOFT ROBOT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ROBOTS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 84867435046     PISSN: 21551774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BioRob.2012.6290698     Document Type: Conference Paper

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