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Development of a shape memory alloy actuator. Measurement of material characteristics and development of active endoscopes

Hirose et al., 1989

Document ID
10745262587459109596
Author
Hirose S
Ikuta K
Tsukamoto M
Publication year
Publication venue
Advanced Robotics

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Endoscopes are nowadays playing a very important role in the medical and industrial fields, and will further increase their importance and applications if they are provided with more flexibility or freedom of flexure at probing into, for instance, human internal organs. The …
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