A novel multi-axis force sensor for microrobotics applications

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Wood, R J ^a   Cho, K J ^b   Hoffman, K ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAPPING-WING; FORCE SENSOR; FORCE TRANSDUCERS; LIFT AND DRAG; MICRO ROBOTICS; MULTI-AXIS; NOVEL DESIGN; SIMPLE METHOD; TWO-AXIS; WIDE BANDWIDTH;

DRAG;

SENSORS;

EID: 70449972568     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/18/12/125002     Document Type: Article

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