The control of self-propelled microjets inside a microchannel with time-varying flow rates

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-58

  Khalil, Islam S M ^a,b   Magdanz, Veronika ^c   Sanchez, Samuel ^c,d   Schmidt, Oliver G ^c,e   Misra, Sarthak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b GERMAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

^c IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^e CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic torque; Microchannel; Microjets; Microrobots; Motion control; Self propulsion; Time varying flow

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIPOLE MOMENT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MICROCHANNELS; MOTION CONTROL; PROPULSION; VELOCITY;

MAGNETIC TORQUES; MICRO JET; MICROROBOTS; SELF-PROPULSION; TIME-VARYING FLOW;

JETS;

EID: 84894498536     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2013.2281557     Document Type: Article

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