Milligram-scale high-voltage power electronics for piezoelectric microrobots

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2217-2224

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

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microrobots; Piezoelectric actuator; Power electronics

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT TOPOLOGY; CONTROL METHODS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRO MECHANICAL COUPLING FACTORS; FLAPPING-WING; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH-VOLTAGES; MICROROBOTS; OPERATING VOLTAGE; POWER DENSITIES; POWER ELECTRONICS CIRCUITS; SMALL GEOMETRY;

CANTILEVER BEAMS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POWER ELECTRONICS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

EID: 70350380861     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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