Simultaneous Control of Multiple MEMS Microrobots (Supporting Material)
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The following is an appendix which provides additional information to substantiate the claims of the paper [4]. Appendix 1 describes the proof of Lemma 1. Appendix 2 provides details for trajectory planning to reduce the parallel motion of n robots to parallel motion of two robots, followed by sequential control of single devices. Details regarding control strategies for microassembly are presented in Appendix 3.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008