Feasibility of inductive communication between millimeter-sized wireless robots

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 605-609

  Kim, Sohee ^a,b   Knoll, Thorsten ^a   Scholz, Oliver ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Inductive communication; Inter robot communication; Microcoil; Microrobot; Swarm robots

Indexed keywords

INDUCTIVE COMMUNICATION; INTER-ROBOT COMMUNICATION; SWARM ROBOTS; WIRELESS ROBOTS;

AMPLIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MICROMACHINING; ROBOTICS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 34447294226     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2007.895078     Document Type: Article

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