An untethered magnetically actuated micro-robot capable of motion on arbitrary surfaces

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 419-424

  Floyd, Steven ^a   Pawashe, Chytra ^a   Sitti, Metin ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTROMAGNETS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; IRON COMPOUNDS; MACHINING; MAGNETS; ROBOTICS;

FUTURE APPLICATIONS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MICRO ROBOTS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 51649121097     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543243     Document Type: Conference Paper

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