Design, analysis and experiments of a wireless swimming micro robot

IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 946-951

  Zhang, Yongshun ^a   Liu, Guangjun ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bi directional swimming; Giant magnetostrictive films; Resonance frequency; Wireless micro swimming robot

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; THIN FILMS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BI-DIRECTIONAL SWIMMING; DYNAMIC EQUATIONS; GIANT MAGNETOSTRICTIVE FILMS; WIRELESS MICRO SWIMMING ROBOT;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 27744467979     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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