Design, fabrication and control of soft robots

Nature

Volumn 521, Issue 7553, 2015, Pages 467-475

  Rus, Daniela ^a   Tolley, Michael T ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ENGINEERING; ROBOTICS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY RESOURCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; DEVICES; FISH; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; YOUNG MODULUS;

CEPHALOPODA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIOMIMETICS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FISHES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84930658630     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14543     Document Type: Review

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