000			02004 a2200241 4500
003			OSt
020			_a9789814390354
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a530.41 _bB521
245			_aBiomimetic robotic artificial muscles _cKwang Jin Kim ...[et al.]
260			_bWorld Scientific _c2013 _aChennai
300			_axiii, 285p
520			_aBiomimetic Robotic Artificial Muscles presents a comprehensive up-to-date overview of several types of electroactive materials with a view of using them as biomimetic artificial muscles. The purpose of the book is to provide a focused, in-depth, yet self-contained treatment of recent advances made in several promising EAP materials. In particular, ionic polymer-metal composites, conjugated polymers, and dielectric elastomers are considered. Manufacturing, physical characterization, modeling, and control of the materials are presented. Namely, the book adopts a systems perspective to integrate recent developments in material processing, actuator design, control-oriented modeling, and device and robotic applications. While the main focus is on the new developments in these subjects, an effort has been made throughout the book to provide the reader with general, basic information about the materials before going into more advanced topics. As a result, the book is very much self-contained and expected to be accessible for a reader who does not have background in EAPs.Based on the good fundamental knowledge and the versatility of the materials, several promising biomimetic and robotic applications such robotic fish propelled by an IPMC tail, an IPMC energy harvester, an IPMC-based valveless pump, a conjugated polymer petal-driven micropump, and a synthetic elastomer actuator-enabled robotic finger are demonstrated.
650			_aMuscles
650			_aBiomimetics
650			_aRobotics
700			_aKim, Kwang Jin
700			_aTan, Xiaobo
700			_aChoi, Hyouk Ryeol
700			_aPugal, David
942			_cBK
999			_c566827 _d566827