Control of multiple heterogeneous magnetic micro-robots on non-specialized surfaces

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 115-120

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

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL METHODS; EFFECTIVE VELOCITY; GLOBAL POSITIONING; MICROROBOTS; MULTIROBOTS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PULSING FREQUENCIES; SELECTION METHODS; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPACES; WAVE FORMS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84857031001     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2011.5979785     Document Type: Conference Paper

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