3 papers
Feedback Control of a Single-Tail Bioinspired 59-mg Swimmer
Conor K. Trygstad, Cody R. Longwell, Francisco M. F. R. Gonçalves +2
We present an evolved steerable version of the single-tail Fish-&-Ribbon-Inspired Small Swimming Harmonic roBot (FRISSHBot), a 59-mg biologically inspired swimmer, which is driven…
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…
VLEIBot: A New 45-mg Swimming Microrobot Driven by a Bioinspired Anguilliform Propulsor
Elijah K. Blankenship, Conor K. Trygstad, Francisco M. F. R. Gonçalves +1
This paper presents the VLEIBot^* (Very Little Eel-Inspired roBot), a 45-mg/23-mm^3 microrobotic swimmer that is propelled by a bioinspired anguilliform propulsor. The propulsor is…