Passive diamagnetic levitation: Theoretical foundations and application to the design of a micro-nano force sensor

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1062-1067

  Boukallel, Mehdi ^a   Piat, Emmanuel ^a   Abadie, Joël ^a  

^a FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COERCIVE FORCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DIAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; FRICTION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOSTATICS; MOTION CONTROL; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; REMANENCE; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; SENSORS;

DIAMAGNETIC LEVITATION; FORCE SENSORS; MECHANICAL DISPLACEMENT; MICROROBOTICS;

MAGNETIC LEVITATION;

EID: 0346148788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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