Locomotive characteristics of swimming mechanism propelled by alternating magnetic field

International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 263-267

  Sudo, Seiichi ^a   Orikasa, Reiko ^a   Honda, Takashi ^b  

^a IWAKI MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternating magnetic field; Micro robot; Swimming mechanism; Wireless locomotion

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FREQUENCIES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; ROBOTS; TISSUE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WATER PIPELINES;

ALTERNATING MAGNETIC FIELDS; MICRO ROBOTS; SWIMMING MECHANISM; WIRELESS LOCOMOTION;

ELECTROMAGNETISM;

EID: 2442575838     PISSN: 13835416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/jae-2004-574     Document Type: Conference Paper

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