DocumentCode
1951911
Title
Design of an autonomous biomicrorobot
Author
Fontaine, Rejean ; Otis, Martin ; Jarry, Martin ; Semmaoui, Hicham ; Gosselin, Marie-Éve ; Masson, Patrice ; Ménard, Hugues
fYear
2004
fDate
20-23 June 2004
Firstpage
121
Lastpage
124
Abstract
The article presents technological advancements for the theoretical and practical design of the basic and elementary architecture of an autonomous hexapod biomicrorobot (BMR). The minimal autonomy depends on the management system of global, regional and local events. The planning in a constrained environment rests on a complex system which incorporates a RISC architecture microcontroller, an independent bio-inspired propulsion system which acts like a pilot, a feeding and communication system and finally a proximity sensor. The last but one section presents the fabrication procedure for the whole structure of the BMR which is able to support a two-level hybrid hierarchy with fluidic logic.
Keywords
legged locomotion; microrobots; reduced instruction set computing; RISC architecture microcontroller; autonomous biomicrorobot; communication system; feeding system; fluidic logic; hexapod; independent bio-inspired propulsion system; proximity sensor; two-level hybrid hierarchy; CMOS technology; Circuits; Fabrication; Micromechanical devices; Nanobioscience; Propulsion; Pulse width modulation; Radio frequency; Reduced instruction set computing; Robots;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Circuits and Systems, 2004. NEWCAS 2004. The 2nd Annual IEEE Northeast Workshop on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8322-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NEWCAS.2004.1359037
Filename
1359037
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