A four degree of freedom microrobot with large work volume

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1028-1033

  Murthy, Rakesh ^a   Popa, Dan O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATORS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ASSEMBLY ROBOTS; ELECTRO-THERMAL ACTUATORS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; FOUR DEGREE OF FREEDOM; KINEMATIC CONFIGURATION; MEMS ACTUATORS; MICRO ASSEMBLY; MICROPOSITIONER;

MICROROBOTS;

EID: 84870493375     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2009.5152812     Document Type: Conference Paper

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