Surface-tension-driven biologically inspired water strider robots: Theory and experiments

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 578-589

  Song, Yun Seong ^a,b   Sitti, Metin ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomimetic robotics; Miniature robotics; Piezoelectric actuator; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC ROBOTICS; MINIATURE ROBOTICS;

BIOLOGY; BIOMIMETICS; BUOYANCY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOTION PLANNING; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; SURFACE TENSION;

ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

EID: 34447333651     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2007.895075     Document Type: Article

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