Design of an autonomous swimming miniature robot based on a novel concept of magnetic actuation

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1592-1597

  Tortora, Giuseppe ^a   Caccavaro, Sebastiano ^a   Valdastri, Pietro ^a   Menciassi, Arianna ^a   Dario, Paolo ^a,b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; MAGNETIC ACTUATION; MAGNETIC MECHANISMS; MINIATURE ROBOTS; NOVEL CONCEPT; POWER SUPPLY; PROTOTYPING; ROBOT DESIGNS; ROTARY ACTUATOR; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 77955825540     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2010.5509599     Document Type: Conference Paper

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