Monolithic IPMC fins for propulsion and maneuvering in bioinspired underwater robotics

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 540-551

  Hubbard, Joel J ^a   Fleming, Maxwell ^a,b   Palmre, Viljar ^c   Pugal, David ^c   Kim, Kwang J ^c,d   Leang, Kam K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Novartis Consumer Health Inc   (United States)

^c Reno   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionic polymer metal composite actuators; propulsion and maneuvering; UAVs; underwater robotics

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CONTROL SURFACES; DEFORMATION; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); FISH; MANEUVERABILITY; PROPULSION; ROBOTICS;

AVERAGE THRUST FORCES; BIO-INSPIRED ROBOTICS; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES; IONIC POLYMER-METAL COMPOSITE ACTUATORS; SURVEILLANCE VEHICLES; UAVS; UNDERWATER ROBOTIC VEHICLE; UNDERWATER ROBOTICS;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 84904768836     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2013.2259318     Document Type: Article

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