Modeling, control and experimental characterization of microbiorobots

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 647-658

  Sakar, Mahmut Selman ^a   Steager, Edward B ^a   Kim, Dal Hyung ^b   Julius, A Agung ^c   Kim, Minjun ^b   Kumar, Vijay ^a   Pappas, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial actuation; Biomedical; Electrokinetic actuation; In vitro; Microrobot; Stochastic model; Untethered; Visual servoing; Wireless

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ACTUATION; BIOMEDICAL; ELECTROKINETIC; IN VITRO; MICRO ROBOTS; UNTETHERED; ELECTRO-KINETIC; IN-VITRO;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MONOLAYERS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; VISUAL SERVOING; RADIO;

ROBOTICS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 79959338675     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364910394227     Document Type: Article

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