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A New 10-mg SMA-Based Fast Bimorph Actuator for Microrobotics
Conor K. Trygstad, Elijah K. Blankenship, Nestor O. Perez-Arancibia
We present a new millimeter-scale bimorph actuator for microrobotic applications, driven by feedforward controlled shape-memory alloy (SMA) wires. The device weighs 10 mg, measures…
Progress Towards Submersible Microrobots: A Novel 13-mg Low-Power SMA-Based Actuator for Underwater Propulsion
Cody R. Longwell, Conor K. Trygstad, Francisco M. F. R. Goncalves +2
We introduce a new low-power 13-mg microactuator driven by shape-memory alloy (SMA) wires for underwater operation. The development of this device was motivated by the recent creat…
Electronics-Free Pneumatic Logic Circuits for Localized Feedback Control of Multi-Actuator Soft Robots
Ke Xu, Nestor O. Perez-Arancibia
The vision of creating entirely-soft robots capable of performing complex tasks will be accomplished only when the controllers required for autonomous operation can be fully implem…
Bee: A 95-mg Four-Winged Insect-Scale Flying Robot Driven by Twinned Unimorph Actuators
Xiufeng Yang, Ying Chen, Longlong Chang +2
We introduce Bee, a 95-mg four-winged microrobot with improved controllability and open-loop-response characteristics with respect to those exhibited by state-of-the-art two-wi…
An Earthworm-Inspired Soft Crawling Robot Controlled by Friction
Joey Z. Ge, Ariel A. Calderón, Néstor O. Pérez-Arancibia
We present the modeling, design, fabrication and feedback control of an earthworm-inspired soft robot capable of crawling on surfaces by actively manipulating the frictional force…