A locomotive mechanism for a robotic colonoscope

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1373-1378

  Kim, Byungkyu ^a   Lim, Hun Young ^a   Kim, Kyoung Dae ^a   Jeong, Younkoo ^a   Park, Jong Oh ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Intelligent Microsystem Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DC MOTORS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; ENDOSCOPY; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ARTIFICIAL COLON; MULTI LEGS; PHASE DIFFERENCE; ROBOTIC COLONOSCOPE;

ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0036453044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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