Development of a Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Micro-motion Device Consisting of Soft Gel Actuators

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 244-250

  Tadokoro, Satoshi ^a   Yamagami, Shinji ^a   Kimura, Tetsuya ^a   Takamori, Toshi ^a   Oguro, Kesuke ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

EFD element; ICPF actuator; Soft contact; Soft micromanipulator

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GEARS; MICROMANIPULATORS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

EFD ELEMENT; ICPF ACTUATORS; MICRO MANIPULATION; MICRO MOTION; MOTION DEVICES; MULTI DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM; POLYMER GELS; SOFT CONTACTS; SOFT GELS; SOFT MICROMANIPULATOR;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 85166368986     PISSN: 09153942     EISSN: 18838049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20965/jrm.1999.p0244     Document Type: Article

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