Real-time object tracking for the robot-based nanohandling in a scanning electron microscope

Journal of Micromechatronics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 267-284

  Sievers, Torsten ^a   Fatikow, Sergej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Image processing; Microrobotics; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); IMAGE PROCESSING; PATTERN MATCHING; ROBOTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSORS;

MOBILE MICROROBOTS; PIEZO SLIP-STICK ACTUATION; POSE ESTIMATION;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33747880800     PISSN: 13892258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856306777924644     Document Type: Article

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