The magnetic self-aligning hermaphroditic connector: A scalable approach for modular microrobots

IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Nagy, Zoltán ^a   Abbott, Jake J ^a   Nelson, Bradley J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Connection; Reconfiguration; Self alignement

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETS; MECHATRONICS; OPTICAL DESIGN; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

A-PRIORI; ATTRACTIVE FORCES; CONNECTION; DOWN-SCALING; INTELLIGENT MECHATRONICS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MAGNETIC DESIGN; MICRO-ROBOTS; MOVING PARTS; OPTIMAL DESIGNS; RECONFIGURATION; SCALABLE APPROACH; SELF-ALIGNEMENT; SELF-ALIGNING; SELF-ALIGNMENT; UNSTRUCTURED ENVIRONMENTS;

CONNECTORS (STRUCTURAL);

EID: 48649110818     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AIM.2007.4412519     Document Type: Conference Paper

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