A ciliary motion based 8-legged walking micro robot using cast IPMC actuators

MHS 2002 - Proceedings of 2002 International Symposium on Micromechatronics and Human Science

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 85-91

  Ryu, Jaewook ^a   Jeong, Younkoo ^a   Tak, Younghun ^a   Kim, Byungmok ^a   Kim, Byungkyu ^a   Park, Jong Oh ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Intelligent Microsystem Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Casting; Ceramics; Frequency; Intelligent actuators; Intelligent robots; Legged locomotion; Muscles; Polymer films; Solids; Voltage

Indexed keywords

CASTING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; ION EXCHANGE; IONS; MUSCLE; POLYMER FILMS; ROBOTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOLIDS;

CERAMICS; EXCHANGE POLYMERS; FREQUENCY; INTELLIGENT ACTUATOR; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES; LEGGED LOCOMOTION; LIQUID ION EXCHANGE; WALKING MICRO ROBOTS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 84951864550     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MHS.2002.1058016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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