Biodegradable and edible gelatine actuators for use as artificial muscles

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9056, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chambers, L D ^a,b   Winfield, J ^a,c   Ieropoulos, I ^a,c   Rossiter, J ^a,b  

^a BRISTOL ROBOTICS LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

actuators; Biodegradable; edible; gelatine

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BIODEGRADATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; MUSCLE; ROBOTICS; SWELLING;

ACTUATION DISPLACEMENT; BIODEGRADABLE; BIODEGRADABLE HYDROGELS; CONVENTIONAL MATERIALS; EDIBLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GELATINE; STAINLESS STEEL ELECTRODE;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

EID: 84905577667     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2045104     Document Type: Conference Paper

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