A paddling based locomotive mechanism for capsule endoscopes

Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1012-1018

  Park, Sukho ^a   Park, Hyunjun ^a   Park, Sungjin ^a   Kim, Byungkyu ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Hankuk Aviation University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Capsule Endoscope; Locomotive Capsule; Microrobot; Multi Legged Locomotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748325658     PISSN: 1738494X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02916000     Document Type: Article

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