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Bar-Cohen, Y.
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Scanning Large Aerospace Structures Using Open-Architecture Crawlers
The determination of the integrity of complex large metallic and composite structures requires cost-effective rapid inspection capability.
Electroactive Polymers as Artificial Muscles Changing Robotics Paradigms
For many years, electroactive polymers (EAP) received relatively little attention due to the small number of available materials and their limited actuation capability.
Electroactive Polymers as Artificial Muscles Changing Robotics Paradigms
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Scanning Large Aerospace Structures Using Open-architecture Crawlers
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Electroactive Polymers as Artificial Muscles-Capabilities, Potentials and Challenges
For many years, electroactive polymers (EAP) received relatively little attention due to the small number of available materials and their limited actuation capability.
Modeling and Design of an Electro-Rheological Fluid Based Haptic System for Tele-Operation of Space Robots
In this paper a novel haptic interface is presented to enable human-operators to feel and intuitively mirror the stiffness/forces at remote/virtual sites enabling control of robots as human-surrogates.
NDE of Composites Using Leaky Lamb Waves (LLW)
The leaky Lamb wave (LLW) technique is approaching a maturity level that is making it an attractive quantitative NDE tool for composites and bonded joints.
WorldWide Electro Active Polymers
The last year of the 2nd Millennium, 1999, has been marking with important milestones for the field of EAP in terms of communication platforms.
Composite Materials Stiffness Determination and Defects Characterization Using Leaky Lamb Wave (LLW) Dispersion Data
The Leaky Lamb wave (LLW) technique is approaching a maturity level that is making it an attractive quantitative NDE tool for composites and bonded joints.
Electrostrictive Graft Elastomers and Applications
Efficient actuators that are lightweight, high performance and compact are needed to support telerobotic requirements for future NASA missions.
Challenges to the Transition of IPMC Artificial Muscle Actuators to Practical Application
Ion-exchange membrane metallic composites (IPMC), which were the first reported in 1992, are one of the electroactive materials (EAP) with potential applications as artificial muscle actuators.
Challenges to the Transition of IPMC Artificial Muscle Actuators to Practical Application
In recent years, electroactive polymers (EAP) materials have gained recognition as potential actuators with unique capabilities having the closest performance resemblance to biological muscles.
Electroactive Polymers (EAP) as Emerging Technology for Devices and Robotics Review, Capabilities, Applications and Potential
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ElectroActive Polymers as Emerging Actuators for Devices and Robotic Applications
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Transition of NDE Related Technology to Planetary Telerobotic Mechanisms at JPL
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is responsible for the NASA unmanned deep space exploration programs.
Real-time LLW Spectrum Measurement and Its Application to NDE of Composites
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