Bio-Inspired Design of Soft Robotic Assistive Devices: The Interface of Physics, Biology, and Behavior

Ecological Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 300-327

  Goldfield, Eugene C ^a   Park, Yong Lae ^a   Chen, Bor Rong ^a   Hsu, Wen Hao ^a   Young, Diana ^a   Wehner, Michael ^a   Kelty Stephen, Damian G ^a   Stirling, Leia ^a   Weinberg, Marc ^b   Newman, Dava ^c   Nagpal, Radhika ^a   Saltzman, Elliot ^d   Holt, Kenneth G ^d   Walsh, Conor ^a   Wood, Robert J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Draper Laboratory   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84869422310     PISSN: 10407413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407413.2012.726179     Document Type: Article

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