Myriapod-like ambulation of a segmented microrobot

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-114

  Hoffman, Katie L ^a   Wood, Robert J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory robots; Biomimicry; Microrobots; Modular robots

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY ROBOTS; BIOMIMICRY; BODY PARAMETERS; FLAT SURFACES; MICROROBOTS; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; PIEZOELECTRIC BIMORPH ACTUATORS; RIGID BODY; SMART COMPOSITES;

BIOMIMETICS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 80052500908     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-011-9233-4     Document Type: Article

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