Evaluation of the critical stroke of an earthworm-like robot for capsule endoscopes

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 397-405

  Kwon, Jiwoon ^a   Park, Sukho ^b,d   Park, Jongoh ^b   Kim, Byungkyu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Hankuk Aviation University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Capsule endoscope; Earthworm like robot; Gastro intestinal tract; Locomotive mechanism

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELASTIC MODULI; GASTROENTEROLOGY; ROBOTICS; ENDOSCOPY; LOCOMOTIVES;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; EARTHWORM-LIKE ROBOT; LOCOMOTIVE MECHANISM;

ENDOSCOPY; ROBOTS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CYTOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SMALL INTESTINE;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

BIOMECHANICAL STUDIES; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; DIGESTIVE ORGANS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LOCOMOTIVE MECHANISM; PERISTALTIC MOTION; SIMULATION PROCESS; SMALL INTESTINE;

EID: 34250782760     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM134     Document Type: Article

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