Design and fabrication of a locomotive mechanism for capsule-type endoscopes using shape memory alloys (SMAs)

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-86

  Kim, Byungkyu ^a   Lee, Sunghak ^b   Park, Jong Heong ^c   Park, Jong Oh ^a  

^a Korea Institute Science/Technology   (South Korea)

^b Hyundai Motor Co   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Capsule type endoscopes; Clampers; Sequential control; Shape memory alloy (SMA); Two way SMA springs

Indexed keywords

CLAMPING DEVICES; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DC MOTORS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROACTUATORS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

CAPSULE TYPE ENDOSCOPES; CLAMPERS; SEQUENTIAL CONTROL; TWO WAY SMA SPRINGS;

ENDOSCOPY;

EID: 14644440546     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2004.842222     Document Type: Article

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