Analysis of a swimming micro robot

Proceedings of the First IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2006, BioRob 2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 130-134

  Kósa, Gábor ^a   Shoham, Moshe ^a   Zaaroor, Menashe ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coupled elastic fluidic analysis; Micro robot; Swimming robot

Indexed keywords

FLUIDICS; MACHINE DESIGN; MICROACTUATORS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROELECTRONICS; OPTIMIZATION; PIEZOELECTRICITY;

COUPLED ELASTICS; FLUIDIC ANALYSIS; SWIMMING ROBOTS; TRAVELING WAVES;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 33845562403     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIOROB.2006.1639072     Document Type: Conference Paper

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