Water strider robots with microfabricated hydrophobic legs

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 590-595

  Suzuki, Kenji ^a   Takanobu, Hideaki ^a   Noya, Kota ^a   Koike, Hiroyuki ^a   Miura, HirofLimi ^a  

^a KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FABRICATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MICROFABRICATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; WATER STRIDERS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 51349145620     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2007.4399460     Document Type: Conference Paper

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