From decimeter- to centimeter-sized mobile microrobots - The development of the MINIMAN system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4568, Issue , 2001, Pages 175-186

  Wörn, Heinz ^a   Schmoeckel, Ferdinand ^a   Buerkle, Axel ^a   Samitier, Josep ^b   Puig Vidal, Manel ^b   Johansson, Stefan ^c   Simu, Urban ^c   Meyer, Jörg Uwe ^d   Biehl, Margit ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell handling; High voltage drivers; Integrated circuits; Micro assembly; Micro manipulation; Microrobots; Miniaturization

Indexed keywords

GRIPPERS; MICROMANIPULATORS; MICROSENSORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; USER INTERFACES;

MICROROBOTS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0035768009     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.444124     Document Type: Article

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