A prototype mechanism for three-dimensional levitated movement of a small magnet

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-50

  Nakamura, Tatsuya ^a   Khamesee, Mir Behrad ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic levitation; Mechatronics; Microactuators; Micromachines; Microrobots; Robots

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTROMAGNETS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; ROBOTS; TESTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VECTORS;

GRAVITATIONAL FORCE; MECHATRONICS; MICROACTUATORS; MICROBOTS;

MAGNETIC LEVITATION;

EID: 0031102198     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3516.558857     Document Type: Article

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