A modular, low-cost robot for zebrafish handling

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 980-983

  Pfriem, Alexander ^a   Pylatiuk, Christian ^a   Alshut, Rudiger ^a   Ziegener, Bertram ^a   Schulz, Stefan ^a   Bretthauer, Georg ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOANALYSIS; DANIO RERIO; DRUG DISCOVERY; HARDWARE COMPONENTS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LOW-COST ROBOTS; MANUAL PROCESS; MODEL ORGANISMS; PETRI DISH; POST-FERTILIZATION; ROBOTIC DEVICES; ROBOTIC PLATFORMS; WELL PLATES; WORKING SPEED; ZEBRAFISH;

BIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; FISH;

ROBOTICS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ROBOTICS; ZEBRA FISH;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ROBOTICS; ZEBRAFISH;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84881061844     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346097     Document Type: Conference Paper

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