Bioinspired soft actuation system using shape memory alloys

Actuators

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 226-244

  Cianchetti, Matteo ^a   Licofonte, Alessia ^a   Follador, Maurizio ^a,b   Rogai, Francesco ^a   Laschi, Cecilia ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b Center for Micro BioRobotics at SSSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Muscular hydrostat; Shape memory alloy; Soft actuators; Soft manipulator; Soft robotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964520834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20760825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/act3030226     Document Type: Article

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