Micro pneumatic curling actuator - Nematode actuator -

2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2008

Volumn 2008-January, Issue , 2008, Pages 462-467

  Ogura, Keiko ^a   Wakimoto, Shuichi ^a   Suzumori, Koichi ^a   Nishioka, Yasutaka ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIOMIMETICS; MECHANICAL ACTUATORS; PNEUMATIC EQUIPMENT; PNEUMATICS; RUBBER;

BIOLOGICAL CELLS; EASY FABRICATION; FABRICATION PROCESS; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; MECHANICAL IMPEDANCES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; SIMPLE STRUCTURES;

PNEUMATIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 85045443421     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2009.4913047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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