Control of the radial motion of a self-propelled microboat through a side rudder

2011 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, TRANSDUCERS'11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1448-1451

  Qiao, L ^a   Xiao, D ^a   Lu, F K ^a   Luo, C ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

Microboats; radial motions; rudders

Indexed keywords

AT-SPEED; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; MICRO FLUIDIC SYSTEM; MICROBOATS; RADIAL MOTION;

ACTUATORS; MICROSYSTEMS; SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

RUDDERS;

EID: 80052114126     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969622     Document Type: Conference Paper

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