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A Spinal Bistable Oscillator for Autonomous Actuation and Tunable Frequency on Crawling Robot

Wenwei Wang, Jitao Peng, Lei Liu, Yehui Shen, Jinfang Shi, Hongbin Zang

Journal of Bionic Engineering· Volume 22· Issue 1
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