Biologically inspired miniature water strider robot

Robotics: Science and Systems

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 319-325

  Suhr, Steve H ^a   Song, Yun Seong ^a   Lee, Sang Jun ^a   Sitti, Metin ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced Mechanisms; Biologically Inspired Robots; Micro Robotics; Mobile Robotics; Scaling Effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959493347     PISSN: 23307668     EISSN: 2330765X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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