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ICRA
2003
IEEE
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Wet Shape Memory Alloy Actuators for Active Vasculated Robotic Flesh
− A new type of actuator is presented where Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wires are embedded within artificial “blood vessels.” Fluid flowing through vessels allows the SMA wires ...
Stephen A. Mascaro, H. Harry Asada
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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Control of Scalable Wet SMA Actuator Arrays
- This paper presents a new control method to drive an array of wet Shape Memory Alloy actuators utilizing a Matrix Manifold and Valve system (MMV). The MMV architecture allows a v...
L. Flemming, Stephen A. Mascaro