Osmotic actuation modelling for innovative biorobotic solutions inspired by the plant kingdom

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Sinibaldi, E ^a   Puleo, G L ^a   Mattioli, F ^a,b   Mattoli, V ^a   Di Michele, F ^a   Beccai, L ^a   Tramacere, F ^a,b   Mancuso, S ^c   Mazzolai, B ^a  

^a Center for Micro BioRobotics at SSSA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC TIME; DISRUPTIVE INNOVATIONS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; FIGURES OF MERITS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MODEL ASSUMPTIONS; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS;

ACTUATORS; BENCHMARKING; BIOMIMETICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PISTON DISPLACEMENT;

OSMOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; TRANSDUCER; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT;

BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ROBOTICS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84878334529     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/8/2/025002     Document Type: Article

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