A review of actuation and power electronics options for flapping-wing robotic insects

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 779-786

  Karpelson, Michael ^b   Wei, Gu Yeon ^a,b   Wood, Robert J ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator; MAV; Microrobots; Power electronics

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MACHINE DESIGN; MECHANISMS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

ACTUATION MECHANISM; ACTUATOR; MAV; MICROROBOTS;

POWER ELECTRONICS;

EID: 51649090476     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543300     Document Type: Conference Paper

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