Design and development of a soft magnetically-propelled swimming microrobot

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 5109-5114

  Palagi, Stefano ^a   Pensabene, Virginia ^a   Beccai, Lucia ^a   Mazzolai, Barbara ^a   Menciassi, Arianna ^a   Dario, Paolo ^a  

^a Center for Micro BioRobotics at SSSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; EFFECTIVE SOLUTION; FERROMAGNETIC BEHAVIORS; HUMAN BODIES; LIQUID ENVIRONMENT; LIQUID MEDIUM; MICROROBOTS; NEUTRAL BUOYANCY; ORIENTATION-CAPABILITY; SOFT STRUCTURE; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

BIOMAGNETISM; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; LIQUIDS; PARAMAGNETISM;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84864437631     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2011.5980109     Document Type: Conference Paper

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