Pouch Motors: Printable/inflatable soft actuators for robotics

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 6332-6337

  Niiyama, Ryuma ^a   Rus, Daniela ^b   Kim, Sangbae ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

FABRICATED DEVICE; FABRICATION PROCESS; LEGGED WALKING ROBOT; MASS FABRICATION; MASS MANUFACTURING; MOMENT ANGLE RELATIONSHIP; STAMPING TECHNIQUE; THEORETICAL BOUNDS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 84924080349     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2014.6907793     Document Type: Conference Paper

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