Modeling and testing of a biomimetic flagellar propulsion method for microscale biomedical swimming robots

IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 37-42

  Behkam, Bahareh ^b   Sitti, Metin ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical microrobotics; Biomimetic robotics; Flagellar motion; Swimming robots

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL BIOROBOTICS; BIOMIMETIC ROBOTICS; FLAGELLAR MOTION; SWIMMING ROBOTS;

DRUG DOSAGE; MICROORGANISMS; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOTION CONTROL; PRODUCT DESIGN; ROBOTICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 27644587577     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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