Propulsion method for swimming microrobots

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 137-150

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

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Microactuators; Microelectromechanical devices (MEMs); Microrobots; Swimming robot

Indexed keywords

MICROACTUATORS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROMANIPULATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

MICROROBOTS; PROPULSION METHOD; SWIMMING ROBOTS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 33947398394     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2006.889485     Document Type: Article

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