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Suction-based Soft Robotic Gripping of Rough and Irregular Parts
Sukho Song, Dirk-Michael Drotlef, Donghoon Son +2
Recently, suction-based robotic systems with microscopic features or active suction components have been proposed to grip rough and irregular surfaces. However, sophisticated fabri…
Selectively Controlled Magnetic Microrobots with Opposing Helices
Joshua Giltinan, Panayiota Katsamba, Wendong Wang +2
Magnetic microrobots that swim through liquid media are of interest for minimally invasive medical procedures, bioengineering, and manufacturing. Many of the envisaged applications…
Rotational Flows Generated by Microrobots Rotating Near Surfaces at Low Reynolds Number
Zhou Ye, Anirban Jana, Metin Sitti
In this study, we use numerical simulations to investigate the flow field induced by a single magnetic microrobot rotating with a constant angular speed about an axis perpendicular…
Characterization and Thermal Management of a DC Motor-Driven Resonant Actuator for Miniature Mobile Robots with Oscillating Limbs
David Colmenares, Randall Kania, Miao Liu +1
In this paper, we characterize the performance of and develop thermal management solutions for a DC motor-driven resonant actuator developed for flapping wing micro air vehicles. T…
Bio-inspired Flexible Twisting Wings Increase Lift and Efficiency of a Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle
David Colmenares, Randall Kania, Wang Zhang +1
We investigate the effect of wing twist flexibility on lift and efficiency of a flapping-wing micro air vehicle capable of liftoff. Wings used previously were chosen to be fully ri…