Towards linear nano servomotors with integrated position sensing

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 855-860

  Dong, Lixin ^a   Nelson, Bradley J ^a   Fukuda, Toshio ^b   Arai, Fumihito ^b   Nakajima, Masahiro ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Field emission; Linear servomotor; Position sensing; Telescoping nanotube

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROSTATICS; MACHINE DESIGN; POSITION MEASUREMENT;

ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; EMISSION CURRENT; LINEAR SERVOMOTOR; MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWNT); TELESCOPING NANOTUBE;

SERVOMOTORS;

EID: 33846153803     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570224     Document Type: Conference Paper

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