Experimental investigation of magnetic self-assembly for swallowable modular robots

2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1915-1920

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

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FINAL ASSEMBLY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MEDICAL DEVICES; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE; MODULAR ROBOTICS; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SIZE CONSTRAINT; SMALL INTESTINE; SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY;

DRUG DELIVERY; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MODULAR ROBOTS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; SELF ASSEMBLY;

ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY;

EID: 69549096189     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2008.4650662     Document Type: Conference Paper

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