Design and implementation of a magnetically suspended microrobotic pick-and-place system

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Shameli, Ehsan ^a   Craig, David G ^a   Khamesee, Mir Behrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LASER APPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PRECISION ENGINEERING; ROBOTICS; SENSORS;

LASER SENSORS; MICROROBOTIC ACTUATION; MICROROBOTS;

MICROMANIPULATORS;

EID: 33646738704     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2173950     Document Type: Article

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