A Novel Actuator for Underwater Robots

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 331-342

  Ku, Kenneth K K ^a   Bradbeer, Robin S ^a   Lam, Katherine K Y ^a   Yeung, Lam F ^a   Li, Robin C W ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Actuator; pneumatic muscles; robots; underwater

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008054406     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: 15581691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2009.2014928     Document Type: Article

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