Control methodologies for a heterogeneous group of untethered magnetic micro-robots

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1553-1565

  Floyd, Steven ^a,b   Diller, Eric ^a   Pawashe, Chytra ^a   Sitti, Metin ^a,c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARETÉ ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

micro actuation; Micro nano robots; multi agent control; wireless magnetic actuation

Indexed keywords

CONTROL METHODOLOGY; DECOUPLED CONTROL; MICRO-ACTUATION; MICRO/NANO ROBOTS; MICROROBOTS; MULTIAGENT CONTROL; SELECTION METHODS; SUB-GROUPS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; ROBOTS;

MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 80055088908     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364911399525     Document Type: Article

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