Hyper-interspersed nano/MEMS-architecture design for new concepts in miniature robotics for space exploration

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-122

  Santoli, Salvatore ^a  

^a INT Intl Nanobiol Testbed Ltd   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; LAUNCHING; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MINIATURE INSTRUMENTS; QUANTUM THEORY; ROBOTICS; SENSORS;

MINIATURE ROBOTICS; MOLECULAR DEVICES; SPACE EXPLORATION;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0032641802     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(99)00037-5     Document Type: Article

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