Towards hybrid swimming microrobots: Bacteria assisted propulsion of polystyrene beads

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2421-2424

  Behkam, Bahareh ^a   Sitti, Metin ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BACTERIA; CELLS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; POLYSTYRENES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BIOMOTORS; MICROROBOTS; NANOROBOTS; POLYSTYRENE BEADS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

MICROSPHERE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOMIMETICS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EVALUATION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SWIMMING;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOMIMETICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROSPHERES; MINIATURIZATION; MOTION; POLYSTYRENES; ROBOTICS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SWIMMING;

EID: 34047128307     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259841     Document Type: Conference Paper

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