Design of an autonomous jumping microrobot

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 447-453

  Bergbreiter, Sarah ^a   Pister, Kristofer S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biologically inspired robots; Jumping robots; Micro nano robots

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; ENERGY STORAGE; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; RUBBER; SILICONES;

BIOLOGICAL INSPIRATION; EFFICIENT LOCOMOTION; MICRO RUBBER BANDS; MICROROBOTS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 36349023263     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363827     Document Type: Conference Paper

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