Development of a Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) based assistive hand

• Main Authors: Ba Hamid, Alala M., Makhdoomi, Mohatashem R., Saleh, Tanveer, Bhuiyan, Moinul
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2015
• Subjects: TJ181 Mechanical movements
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/43002/1/43002_-_Development_of_a_Shape_Memory_Alloy_%28SMA%29_based_assistive_hand.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/43002/; http://www.ttp.net/978-3-03835-493-2/10.html

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