Dynamics modeling and analysis of a swimming microrobot for controlled drug delivery

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 1768-1773

  Li, Huaming ^a   Tan, Jindong ^a   Zhang, Mingjun ^b  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical microrobot; Drug delivery; Flagella propulsion; Swimming microrobot

Indexed keywords

MICROROBOT; MILLIMETER SCALE; RESISTIVE FORCE THEORY (RFT); SWIMMING ROBOT;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MOBILE ROBOTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; TORQUE;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

EID: 33845632921     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1641962     Document Type: Conference Paper

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