Pneumatic bio-soft robot module: Structure, elongation and experiment

International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 114-122

  Guanjun, Bao ^a   Pengfei, Yao ^a   Zonggui, Xu ^a   Kun, Li ^a   Zhiheng, Wang ^a   Libin, Zhang ^a   Qinghua, Yang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bio soft robot; Harvesting robot; Pneumatic muscle actuator; Static model

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016928883     PISSN: 19346344     EISSN: 19346352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3965/j.ijabe.20171002.2909     Document Type: Article

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