Capsule gel robot driven by self-propelled oil droplet

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2180-2185

  Suzuki, Aya ^a   Maeda, Shingo ^b   Hara, Yusuke ^c   Hashimoto, Shuji ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTER OF GRAVITY; CHEMICAL REACTION SYSTEMS; GEL MEMBRANES; OIL DROPLETS; OIL-WATER SYSTEM; ROTARY MOTIONS; WATER PHASE;

DROPS; GELATION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84872357538     PISSN: 21530858     EISSN: 21530866     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2012.6385738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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