Micro robot arm utilizing rapid deformations of piezoelectric elements.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0289-1824,1884-7145
DOI: 10.7210/jrsj.8.4_479