A mobile microrobot actuated by a new electromagnetic wobble micromotor

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-16

  Dario, Paolo ^a,b   Carrozza, Maria Chiara ^b   Stefanini, Cesare ^b   D'Attanasio, Simona ^b  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Micromechatronics; Micromotors; Microrobotics; Wobble micromotors

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CONTROLLABILITY; ELECTRIC MOTORS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; REMOTE CONTROL; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; USER INTERFACES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WOBBLE MICROMOTORS; MICROMECHATRONICS; MICROROBOTS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0032022796     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3516.662863     Document Type: Article

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