A variable-diameter capsule robot based on multiple wedge effects

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-254

  Zhang, Yongshun ^a   Jiang, Shengyuan ^b   Zhang, Xuewen ^b   Ruan, Xiaoyan ^a   Guo, Dongming ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Capsule robot with variable diameter; multiple wedge effects; radial clearance compensation; rotating magnetic field

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; DYNAMIC BALANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GI TRACT; KINEMATICS EQUATION; PIPE INNER WALLS; RADIAL CLEARANCE; ROBOT PROTOTYPES; ROTATING MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPIRAL BLADES; SWIMMING SPEED; VARIABLE DIAMETER; WEDGE EFFECT;

CENTRIFUGATION; COPPER; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PIPE; ROBOTS; ROTATION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 78951490971     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2009.2039942     Document Type: Article

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