Toward fluidic microrobots using electrowetting

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3461-3466

  Schaler, Ethan ^a   Tellers, Mary ^a   Gerratt, Aaron ^a   Penskiy, Ivan ^a   Bergbreiter, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; WETTING;

COMPACT SYSTEM DESIGN; CONTROL ELECTRODE; ELECTRO WETTING; ELECTROWETTING ON DIELECTRICS; MICRO ROBOTICS; MICRO-FABRICATION TECHNIQUES; SCALABLE DESIGN; SIMULTANEOUS CONTROL;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES;

EID: 84864454154     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2012.6225275     Document Type: Conference Paper

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