Scaled teleoperation system for nano-scale interaction and manipulation

Advanced Robotics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-291

  Sitti, Metin ^a,b   Aruk, Baris ^c   Shintani, Hiroaki ^c   Hashimoto, Hideki ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Haptic interfaces; Nanomanipulation; Nanomechanics; Tele nanorbotics; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; HAPTIC INTERFACES; MANIPULATORS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SENSORS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

NANOMANIPULATION; NANOMECHANICS; SCALED TELEOPERATION SYSTEM; TELE-NANOROBOTICS;

REMOTE CONTROL;

EID: 0037261053     PISSN: 01691864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156855303764018503     Document Type: Article

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