STRIDE: A highly maneuverable and non-tethered water strider robot

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 980-984

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

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR MOTION; ROTATIONAL MOTION; WATER STRIDER;

DC MOTORS; LITHIUM BATTERIES; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE TENSION; WATER QUALITY;

ROBOTS;

EID: 36348967185     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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