An endoscopic capsule robot: A meso-scale engineering case study

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Quaglia, Claudio ^a   Buselli, Elisa ^a   Webster Iii, Robert J ^b   Valdastri, Pietro ^a   Menciassi, Arianna ^a,c   Dario, Paolo ^a,c  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST PRACTICE; COMPLEX MECHANISMS; COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES; ENDOSCOPIC CAPSULE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HIGH PRECISION; LASER CUTTING; LENGTH SCALE; MACHINING TECHNIQUES; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MESOSCALE; MICRO-SCALES; NON-INVASIVE TREATMENT; PASSIVE IMAGING; ROBOTIC CAPSULE; WIRE ELECTRO DISCHARGE MACHINING;

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; LASER BEAM CUTTING; MACHINING; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 70350623213     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/19/10/105007     Document Type: Article

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