Magnetic force analysis for the actuation design of 2D rotational modular robots

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2236-2241

  Shiu, Ming Chiuan ^a,b   Lee, Hou Tsan ^a,c   Lian, Feng Li ^a   Fu, Li Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HSIUPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c TAKMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MODULAR ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

ANNUAL CONFERENCE; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; MAGNETIC FORCES; MICRO-CONTROLLER; RE-CONFIGURABLE; ROBOT FORMATION;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 49949106912     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2007.4460030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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