DocumentCode
3324351
Title
Micro pneumatic curling actuator - Nematode actuator -
Author
Ogura, Keiko ; Wakimoto, Shuichi ; Suzumori, Koichi ; Nishioka, Yasutaka
Author_Institution
The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Tsushima-naka, Japan
fYear
2009
fDate
22-25 Feb. 2009
Firstpage
462
Lastpage
467
Abstract
Micro rubber pneumatic actuators have attracted in medical and biotechnology fields, especially they have been expected for minimally invasive surgery and handling biological cells because of high safety caused by low mechanical impedance.
Keywords
Bellows; Biotechnology; Fabrication; Impedance; Laboratories; Lithography; Minimally invasive surgery; Pneumatic actuators; Rubber; Space technology;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Robotics and Biomimetics, 2008. ROBIO 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Bangkok
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2678-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-2679-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ROBIO.2009.4913047
Filename
4913047
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