Soft Robotics: A Perspective - Current Trends and Prospects for the Future

Soft Robotics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-11

  Majidi, Carmel ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84994105996     PISSN: 21695172     EISSN: 21695180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/soro.2013.0001     Document Type: Review

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