Design of a vision-guided microrobotic colonoscopy system

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 87-104

  Kumar, Sanjiv ^a   Kassim, Irwan M ^b   Asari, Vijayan K ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Robotic Research Center   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

COLONOSCOPY; INCHWORM MOTION; MICROROBOT; PATH PLANNING; VISION GUIDANCE

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003020488     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: 15685535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855300741465     Document Type: Article

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