A four-degree-of-freedom microprehensile microrobot on chip

Assembly Automation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-42

  De Lit, Pierre ^a   Agnus, Joël ^b   Clévy, Cédric ^b   Chaillet, Nicolas ^b  

^a MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

Microprogramming; Piezoelectricity; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GRIPPERS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MICROPROGRAMMING; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES;

MICROGRIPPERS; MICROROBOTS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 1642321911     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150410517165     Document Type: Article

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