Towards a multi-segment ambulatory microrobot

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1196-1202

  Hoffman, Katie L ^a   Wood, Robert J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE CONTROL; AMBULATORY SYSTEMS; BATCH FABRICATION; COMPACT DESIGNS; KINEMATIC DESIGNS; KINEMATIC MODEL; MICRO ROBOTS; MULTI-SEGMENT; RIGID LINKS; SMART COMPOSITES; SWARM ROBOTICS; TWO-DEGREE OF FREEDOM;

DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; KINEMATICS; MACHINE DESIGN; ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 77955800781     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509745     Document Type: Conference Paper

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