Robot self-assembly by folding: A printed inchworm robot

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 277-282

  Felton, Samuel M ^a   Tolley, Michael T ^a   Onal, Cagdas D ^b   Rus, Daniela ^b   Wood, Robert J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX MACHINES; EMBEDDED CIRCUITS; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; INCHWORM ROBOT; MASS PRODUCTION; MICRO ASSEMBLY; SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS;

ROBOTICS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84887310476     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630588     Document Type: Conference Paper

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