Microrobots for a capsule endoscope

IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 729-734

  Kim, Byungkyu ^a   Park, Sukho ^b   Park, Jong Oh ^b  

^a Hankuk Aviation University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; DIGESTIVE ORGANS; DRIVING FORCES; EVALUATION RESULTS; LOCOMOTIVE MECHANISM; MICRO ROBOTS; MICRO-MOTORS; POLYMER ACTUATORS; POWER CONSUMPTION; PZT; PZT ACTUATOR; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RESPONSE TIME; SMA(SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY) ACTUATOR; SMALL INTESTINE; SMART ACTUATORS; SMART MATERIALS;

ALLOYS; ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; LOCOMOTIVES; MECHATRONICS; MOTORS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; ROBOTS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS;

INTELLIGENT MECHATRONICS;

EID: 70350452384     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AIM.2009.5229926     Document Type: Conference Paper

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