An inchworm-like locomotion mechanism based on magnetic actuator for active capsule endoscope

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1267-1272

  Wang, Xiaona ^a   Meng, Max Q H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Active capsule endoscope; Actuator; Permanent magnet; Solenoid

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPY; MAGNETIC DEVICES; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POLYMERS; SOLENOIDS; VELOCITY CONTROL;

ACTIVE CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE; LOCOMOTION; RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 34250678873     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2006.281887     Document Type: Conference Paper

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