Simultaneous control of multiple MEMS microrobots

Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics

Volumn 57, Issue , 2010, Pages 69-84

  Donald, Bruce R ^a,b   Levey, Christopher G ^c   Paprotny, Igor ^d   Rus, Daniela ^e  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Dartmouth College   (United States)

^e Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR ORBIT; CONTROL ALGORITHMS; CONTROL SIGNAL; ELECTROMECHANICAL INTERACTIONS; GLOBAL CONTROL; INDEPENDENT CONTROL; LIMIT CYCLE; MICRO ASSEMBLY; MICROROBOTS; OPERATING ENVIRONMENT; PLANAR MICROSTRUCTURES; SIMULTANEOUS CONTROL; SIMULTANEOUSLY CONTROLLABLE; UNDER-ACTUATION; UNDERACTUATED;

MACHINE DESIGN; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 77949831840     PISSN: 16107438     EISSN: 1610742X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00312-7_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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