Polymer-based wireless resonant magnetic microrobots

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 715-720

  Tung, Hsi Wen ^a   Frutiger, Dominic R ^a   Pané, Salvador ^a   Nelson, Bradley J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROBOTICS;

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC MICRO ACTUATORS; MAGNETIC MICROROBOTS; MICRO MANIPULATION; MICRO-OBJECTS; PLANAR SURFACE; POLYMER BASED; POLYSTYRENE BEADS;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY;

EID: 84864449613     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2012.6224618     Document Type: Conference Paper

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