Wane, Samuel Oliver, Yu, Hongnian and Yang, T C (2007) Development of a reaction drive for a propulsion mechanism. In: 2007 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, London UK.
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
A micro robot that can be swallowed with sensors to inspect the intestine without the need to cut open a patient must have a propulsion mechanism to direct it to the areas of interest. The use of a propulsion mechanism external to the pill could endanger the patient, what is proposed here is a method of propelling a micro (capsule) robot with an internal mechanism based on the inertia of a swinging mass. The dynamics and control issues of a pendulum-driven cart-pole system are similar to those of a capsule robot. Therefore, this paper reports an experimental study of a pendulum-driven cart-pole system. The experimental results demonstrate the proposed system.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Additional Information: | pages 746-750 |
Schools and Departments: | School of Engineering and Informatics > Engineering and Design |
Depositing User: | Tai Yang |
Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2012 20:05 |
Last Modified: | 11 Apr 2012 15:09 |
URI: | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/23993 |