Embedded piezo-actuation system for automatic motion control of a fleet of miniature robots operating on a synchronized vibrating platform

Proceedings of the World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 8412-8415

  Nguyen, Anh Tuan ^a   Martel, Sylvain ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automatic control; Bimorph; Nanorobotics; Piezo actuators; Vibrating platform

Indexed keywords

MOTION CONTROL; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; THROUGHPUT; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BIMORPHS; DEFLECTION AMPLITUDE; MINIATURE INSTRUMENTED ROBOTS; VIBRATING PLATFORMS;

NANOROBOTICS;

EID: 34047198139     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCICA.2006.1713618     Document Type: Conference Paper

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