Noncontact manipulation using a transversely magnetized rolling robot

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Tung, Hsi Wen ^a   Peyer, Kathrin E ^a   Sargent, David F ^a   Nelson, Bradley J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; LIQUID ENVIRONMENT; LONG AXIS; MICRO ROBOTS; MICRO-OBJECTS; NONCONTACT MANIPULATION; ROLLING ROBOTS; VISCOUS SOLUTION;

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84884255932     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4820776     Document Type: Article

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