MICRON: Small autonomous robot for cell manipulation applications

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 844-849

  Brufau, J ^a   Puig Vidal, M ^a   Lopez Sanchez J ^a   Samitier, J ^a   Snis, N ^b   Simu, U ^b   Johansson, S ^b   Driesen, W ^c   Breguet, J M ^c   Gao, J ^d   Velten, T ^d   Seyfried, J ^e   Estana R ^e   Woern, H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

AFM tip; Micro robotics; Moir effect; On board electronics; Power floor

Indexed keywords

INDUCTIVE ENERGY TRANSMISSION; MICRO ROBOTS; PIEZORESISTANCE; SCALING EFFECTS; WIRELESS POWER SUPPLY;

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ENERGY TRANSFER; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS; SENSORS; VELOCITY;

ROBOTS;

EID: 33846159518     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570222     Document Type: Conference Paper

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