A 1.5g SMA-actuated microglider looking for the light

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 367-372

  Kovač, Mirko ^a   Guignard, André ^a   Nicoud, Jean Daniel ^b   Zufferey, Jean Christophe ^a   Floreano, Dario ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b DIDEL SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL AUTONOMY; LAUNCHING DEVICE; MICROGLIDERS; PHOTOTAXIS EFFICIENCY;

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ROBOTS; SENSORS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 35349015868     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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