Electroactive polymers as actuators

Advanced Piezoelectric Materials: Science and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 287-317

  Bar Cohen, Y ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial muscles; Biologically inspired technologies; Biomimetics; EAP; Electroactive polymers; Polymer actuators; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETIC PROCESSES; BIOMIMETICS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MUSCLE; POLYMERS; ROBOTICS;

ACTUATED MECHANISMS; ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTRICAL STIMULATIONS; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; MINIATURE GRIPPERS; POLYMER ACTUATORS;

ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS;

EID: 84903042604     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845699758.1.287     Document Type: Chapter

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