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- The newest technology and information on the basic science and practical applications of soft actuators
- Features many color figures, diagrams and photographs clearly describing the mechanism, apparatus and motion of soft actuators
- Presents an integrated interdisciplinary summary of both the basics and applications of a key component of many robotic systems
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Table of contents (35 chapters)
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Materials of Soft Actuators: Light-Driven Soft Actuators
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Materials of Soft Actuators: Magneto-Driven Soft Actuators
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Soft Actuators
Book Subtitle: Materials, Modeling, Applications, and Future Perspectives
Editors: Kinji Asaka, Hidenori Okuzaki
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54767-9
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Japan 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56348-8Published: 27 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-54767-9Published: 17 November 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 507
Number of Illustrations: 170 b/w illustrations, 157 illustrations in colour
Topics: Polymer Sciences, Biomaterials, Robotics and Automation, Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation