Turning heads

Author

Bar-Cohen, Yoseph

Volume

41

Issue

6

fYear

2004

fDate

6/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

28

Lastpage

33

Abstract

Powered by electrically activated plastic muscles, a robotic limb will arm-wrestle humans next year.

Keywords

artificial limbs; conducting polymers; filled polymers; intelligent actuators; medical robotics; muscle; arm-wrestling; artificial muscles; contractility; electrically activated plastic muscles; electroactive polymers; polymer actuators; robotic limb; Design engineering; Displays; Gears; Humanoid robots; Materials testing; Muscles; Plastics; Polymers; Robot sensing systems; Robotic assembly;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Spectrum, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9235

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MSPEC.2004.1303370

Filename

1303370