On the force capabilities of centripetal force-actuated microrobotic platforms

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1116-1121

  Vartholomeos, P ^a,b   Vlachos, K ^a   Papadopoulos, E ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROMANIPULATION; MICROROBOTIC PLATFORMS;

ACTUATORS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MICROMANIPULATORS; MOTION CONTROL;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 36349001760     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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