First leaps toward jumping microrobots

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1680-1686

  Churaman, Wayne A ^b   Gerratt, Aaron P ^a   Bergbreiter, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENERGY; ENERGETIC MATERIAL; ENERGY RELEASE; JUMPING ROBOT; LIGHT STIMULI; MICROFABRICATION PROCESS; MICROROBOTS; ROBOT LEG; SIZE SCALE; SMALL SIZE; STORED ENERGY; TAKEOFF VELOCITIES;

ROBOTICS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 84455206160     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2011.6048852     Document Type: Conference Paper

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