A micromolded connector for reconfigurable millirobots

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Gillies, A G ^a   Fearing, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC PROPERTY; LASER MICRO-MACHINING; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MICROMOLDING; ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS; PULL-OFF; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RUN TO FAILURES; SHEAR FAILURE;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; JOB ANALYSIS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; REUSABILITY;

MICROMACHINING;

EID: 78049345969     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/20/10/105011     Document Type: Article

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