Laser-powered sub-mm untethered microrobots

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 863-872

  Pac, Muhammed R ^a   Popa, Dan O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR GEOMETRY; AT-SPEED; BEAM SPOT; CONTROL SIGNAL; DEVICE MATERIALS; DEVICE OPERATIONS; LASER POWER; LASER SIGNALS; MICRO DEVICES; MICROROBOTS; MULTIPLE TARGETS; OUTPUT POWER; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; PARAMETRIC DESIGN; PULSE WIDTH; SOURCE OF ENERGY; THERMAL ACTUATOR;

ACTUATORS; DESIGN; ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 80054999127     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/DETC2010-29011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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