Robotic solutions and mechanisms for a semi-autonomous endoscope

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1379-1384

  Menciassi, A ^a   Park, Jong H ^b   Lee, S ^b   Gorini, S ^a   Dario, P ^a   Park, Jong Oh ^c  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c Intelligent Microsystem Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ENDOSCOPY; MUSCLE; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; SENSORS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SUBSTRATES;

ACUTE INTESTINAL BEND; ALL INSIDE DEVICE; COLONOSCOPY; SEMI-AUTONOMOUS ENDOSCOPE;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0036453149     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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