Visual servoing and characterization of resonant magnetic actuators for decoupled locomotion of multiple untethered mobile microrobots

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1010-1015

  Kratochvil, Bradley E ^a   Frutiger, Dominic ^a   Vollmers, Karl ^a   Nelson, Bradley J ^a  

^a Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DE FACTO; DRIVING CHARACTERISTICS; IN-SITU; MAGNETIC ACTUATORS; MICROROBOTS; MOBILE MICROROBOTS; OPERATING ENVIRONMENT; PROPULSION MECHANISMS; STATIONARY DEVICES;

ACTUATORS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; PROPULSION; ROBOTICS;

VISUAL SERVOING;

EID: 70350356832     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152633     Document Type: Conference Paper

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