Carbon fiber components with integrated wiring for millirobot prototyping

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 1258-1263

  Sahai, Ranjana ^a   Steltz, Erik ^b   Fearing, Ronald S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexure based mechanisms; Integrated wiring; Millimeter scale robots; Modular part construction

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; COPPER; ELECTRIC WIRING; METAL FOIL; POLYIMIDES; SENSORS; SOLDERING;

FLEXURE JOINTS; FLEXURE-BASED MECHANISMS; MILLIROBOTIC SYSTEMS; MODULAR PART CONSTRUCTION;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33846179039     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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