Voice coil based hopping mechanism for microrobot

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3001-3006

  Zhang, Pengfei ^a   Zhou, Quan ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MICROROBOTS;

ANALYTIC MODELING; COMPLICATED TERRAIN; EFFICIENT LOCOMOTION; HOPPING MECHANISM; HOPPING PROCESS; HOPPING ROBOTS; VOICE COIL; VOICE COIL ACTUATORS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 84863030152     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152463     Document Type: Conference Paper

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