Microparticle manipulation using multiple untethered magnetic micro-robots on an electrostatic surface

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 528-533

  Floyd, Steven ^a   Pawashe, Chytra ^a   Sitti, Metin ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCHORING FORCES; AT-SPEED; ELECTROSTATIC SURFACES; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; FLUID ENVIRONMENT; MICRO PARTICLES; MICROROBOTS; MULTIPLE ROBOT; SILICONE OIL; STICK SLIP MOTION;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARTICLE OPTICS; SILICONES; SLIP FORMING;

ELECTROSTATICS;

EID: 76349120611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354594     Document Type: Conference Paper

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