Title :
Utilization and modeling of an artificial muscle application on IPMC muscle
Author :
Chaaban, Farah ; Moubayed, Nazih ; Atieh, Mirna ; Tahini, Hassan ; Mustapha, Oussama ; Al Awar, Nizar F. ; Diab, Mohamad O. ; Abou Marak, Reem
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Lebanese Univ., Beirut, Lebanon
fDate :
April 29 2014-May 1 2014
Abstract :
Artificial muscles are one of the most important applications of the technology of flexible electronic structure, designed to imitate human or animal muscles and to monitor its activities and conditions. The aim of our paper is to study the different possibilities of using and modeling artificial muscles.
Keywords :
electroactive polymer actuators; flexible electronics; IPMC muscle; animal muscle; artificial muscle application; flexible electronic structure; human muscle; Fingers; Force; Legged locomotion; Mathematical model; Muscles; Polymers; Artificial muscle; IPMC Ionic Polymer Metal Composit; Modeling;
Conference_Titel :
e-Technologies and Networks for Development (ICeND), 2014 Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beirut
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3165-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICeND.2014.6991367
