Harnessing bacterial power in microscale actuation

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1004-1009

  Julius, A Agung ^a   Sakar, M Selman ^a   Steager, Edward ^b   Cheang, U Kei ^b   Kim, MinJun ^b   Kumar, Vijay ^a   Pappas, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological systems; Flagellated bacteria; Microactuation

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLAGELLATED BACTERIA; MICRO-SCALES; MICROACTUATION; MICROSCALE STRUCTURES; REDUCED-DIMENSIONAL; SIMULATION RESULT; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BARGES; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); ROBOTICS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

BACTERIA;

EID: 70350367549     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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