A novel snail-like micro robot

Proceedings - 2004 International Conference on Intelligent Mechatronics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 945-949

  Chen, Bai ^a   Zhou, Yinsheng ^a   Gu, Daqiang ^a   Zhong, Jie ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Low invasive locomotion; Micro robot; Snail like

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; PIPELINES; THICK FILMS;

HUMAN BODY; LOW INVASIVE LOCOMOTION; MICRO ROBOTS; SNAIL-LIKE;

ROBOTS;

EID: 8844256246     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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