Soft continuum robots: The interaction of continuous and discrete elements

Artificial Life XI: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, ALIFE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 126-133

  Cowan, Lara S ^a   Walker, Ian D ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM ROBOT; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; DISCRETE ELEMENTS; KEY ISSUES; NATURAL WORLD;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84871290682     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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