Stress-driven MEMS assembly + electrostatic forces = 1mm diameter robot

2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2763-2769

  Karagozler, Mustafa Emre ^a   Goldstein, Seth Copen ^b   Reid, J Robert ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURING METHODS; MEMS ASSEMBLY; MODULAR ROBOTICS;

MODULAR ROBOTS; ROBOTICS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 76249127477     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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