Three-dimensional robotic manipulation and transport of micro-scale objects by a magnetically driven capillary micro-gripper

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 2077-2082

  Giltinan, Joshua ^a   Diller, Eric ^a,b   Mayda, Cagil ^c   Sitti, Metin ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUEFIED GASES; ROBOTICS;

CAPILLARY ADHESION; CONFINED ENVIRONMENT; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICRO-SCALE OBJECT; ROBOTIC MANIPULATION; SOLID-LIQUID-GAS INTERFACES; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); WATER ENVIRONMENTS;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84929192335     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2014.6907135     Document Type: Conference Paper

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