An earthworm-like locomotive mechanism for capsule endoscopes

2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 2997-3002

  Kim, Byungkyu ^a   Park, Sukho ^a   Jee, Chang Yeol ^a   Yoon, Seok Jin ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Capsule endoscope; Clampers; Earthworm like locomotive mechanism; Impact based piezo actuator

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPY; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; LOCOMOTIVES; MICROOPTICS;

CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; CLAMPERS; COMMUNICATION MODULES; FEASIBILITY TESTS; HIGH VOLTAGE SUPPLY; LOCOMOTIVE MECHANISM; PIEZO ACTUATOR; WIRELESS CAPSULE ENDOSCOPE;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 79958011541     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2005.1545608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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