A novel magnetic actuation system for miniature swimming robots

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 769-779

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

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b Center for Micro BioRobotics at SSSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elastic magnetic modeling; magnetic actuation; miniature robot; swimming robot

Indexed keywords

DESIGN FEATURES; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; MAGNETIC ACTUATION; MAGNETIC MECHANISMS; MAGNETIC MODELING; MINIATURE ROBOT; MULTI-PHYSICS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; SWIMMING ROBOT; TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION; UNDERWATER PROPULSION;

DYNAMICS; MARINE ENGINEERING; ROBOTS; SHIP PROPULSION;

MAGNETISM;

EID: 80051684454     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2011.2132910     Document Type: Article

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