Biomimetic Soft Robots Using IPMC

1 Bio-Mimetic Control Research Center, RIKEN, 2271-130 Anagahora, Shimoshidami, Moriyama, Nagoya 463-0003, Japan and Intelligent Systems Institute, National Institute of AIST, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan nakabo-yoshihiro@aist.go.jp 2 Bio-Mimetic Control Research Center, RIKEN mukai@bmc.riken.jp 3 Research Institute for Cell Engineering, National Institute of AIST, 1-8-31 Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, Japan and Bio-Mimetic Control Research Center, RIKEN asaka-kinji@aist.go.jp

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