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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 10.
Published in final edited form as: Robot Sci Syst. 2016 Jun;2016:10.15607/RSS.2016.XII.018. doi: 10.15607/RSS.2016.XII.018

Table I. Nomenclature.

Symbol Description
υ Vector (lowercase, bold)
M Matrix (uppercase)
I Identity matrix ∈ ℝ3
υ̇ Rate of change of parameter with respect to time
υ̂ Unit vector
pa Position of robot end-effector
pc Capsule position
p = pcpa Relative capsule position vector
mc Magnetic moment of capsule's magnet
ma Magnetic moment of EPM
fm Force induced by EPM on capsule
τm Torque induced by EPM on capsule