Locomotion of Miniature Soft Robots

Reconfiguration, Camouflage, and Color‐Shifting for Bioinspired Adaptive Hydrogel‐Based Millirobots

(2020) Xuemin Du et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Pros and Cons: Magnetic versus Optical Microrobots

(2020) Metin Sitti et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Controlling two-dimensional collective formation and cooperative behavior of magnetic microrobot swarms

(2020) Xiaoguang Dong et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Magnetic cilia carpets with programmable metachronal waves

(2020) Hongri Gu et al.   Nature Communications

Adaptive locomotion of artificial microswimmers

(2019) H.-W. Huang et al.   Science Advances

Programmable Collective Behavior in Dynamically Self‐Assembled Mobile Microrobotic Swarms

(2019) Berk Yigit et al.   Advanced Science

On Untethered, Dual Magneto- and Photoresponsive Liquid Crystal Bilayer Actuators Showing Bending and Rotating Motion

(2019) Marina Pilz da Cunha et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Robotic collectives inspired by biological cells

(2019) Metin Sitti   NATURE

Particle robotics based on statistical mechanics of loosely coupled components

(2019) Shuguang Li et al.   NATURE

Shining Light on Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks: Preparing, Reconfiguring, and Driving Soft Actuators

(2019) Zhi‐Chao Jiang et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Living Materials Herald a New Era in Soft Robotics

(2019) Clement Appiah et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Undulatory and oscillatory swimming

(2019) Alexander J. Smits   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

A Millimeter‐Scale Snail Robot Based on a Light‐Powered Liquid Crystal Elastomer Continuous Actuator

(2019) Mikołaj Rogóż et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Electrolytic vascular systems for energy-dense robots

(2019) Cameron A. Aubin et al.   NATURE

Untethered flight of an insect-sized flapping-wing microscale aerial vehicle

(2019) Noah T. Jafferis et al.   NATURE

Multi-functional soft-bodied jellyfish-like swimming

(2019) Ziyu Ren et al.   Nature Communications

Programming soft robots with flexible mechanical metamaterials

(2019) Ahmad Rafsanjani et al.   Science Robotics

Millimeter-scale flexible robots with programmable three-dimensional magnetization and motions

(2019) Tianqi Xu et al.   Science Robotics

Controlled flight of a microrobot powered by soft artificial muscles

(2019) Yufeng Chen et al.   NATURE

Nanomagnetic encoding of shape-morphing micromachines

(2019) Jizhai Cui et al.   NATURE

Soft microbots programmed by nanomagnets

(2019) Xuanhe Zhao et al.   NATURE

Enhancing dynamic actuation performance of dielectric elastomer actuators by tuning viscoelastic effects with polar crosslinking

(2019) Matthew Wei Ming Tan et al.   NPG Asia Materials

Kirigami‐Based Light‐Induced Shape‐Morphing and Locomotion

(2019) Yu‐Chieh Cheng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Soft Crawling Robots: Design, Actuation, and Locomotion

(2019) Shoue Chen et al.   Advanced Materials Technologies

Reconfigurable Swarms of Ferromagnetic Colloids for Enhanced Local Hyperthermia

(2018) Ben Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Swimming Microrobots: Soft, Reconfigurable, and Smart

(2018) Mariana Medina-Sánchez et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A Review of Propulsion, Power, and Control Architectures for Insect-Scale Flapping-Wing Vehicles

(2018) E. Farrell Helbling et al.   Applied Mechanics Reviews

Robotics-inspired biology

(2018) Nick Gravish et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The effect of structural deformation on flapping wing energetics

(2018) Mark Jankauski et al.   JOURNAL OF SOUND AND VIBRATION

Impact of Operative Time on Outcomes after Pancreatic Resection: A Risk-Adjusted Analysis Using the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Database

(2018) Laura Maggino et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Battery-free, wireless sensors for full-body pressure and temperature mapping

(2018) Seungyong Han et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Bionic intelligent hydrogel actuators with multimodal deformation and locomotion

(2018) Qian Zhao et al.   Nano Energy

A Reconfigurable Omnidirectional Soft Robot Based on Caterpillar Locomotion

(2018) Jun Zou et al.   Soft Robotics

Miniature soft robots — road to the clinic

(2018) Metin Sitti   Nature Reviews Materials

Bioinspired microrobots

(2018) Stefano Palagi et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Small-scale soft-bodied robot with multimodal locomotion

(2018) Wenqi Hu et al.   NATURE

Flexible magnetic composites for light-controlled actuation and interfaces

(2018) Meng Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fundamentals of soft robot locomotion

(2017) M. Calisti et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Mobile microrobots for bioengineering applications

(2017) Hakan Ceylan et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Light-Driven, Caterpillar-Inspired Miniature Inching Robot

(2017) Hao Zeng et al.   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Architectures of soft robotic locomotion enabled by simple mechanical principles

(2017) Liangliang Zhu et al.   Soft Matter

Soft Microrobots Employing Nonequilibrium Actuation via Plasmonic Heating

(2016) Ahmed Mourran et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Soft Actuators for Small-Scale Robotics

(2016) Lindsey Hines et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Phase Change of Gallium Enables Highly Reversible and Switchable Adhesion

(2016) Zhou Ye et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Magnetic propulsion of robotic sperms at low-Reynolds number

(2016) Islam S. M. Khalil et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Liftoff of an Electromagnetically Driven Insect-Inspired Flapping-Wing Robot

(2016) Yang Zou et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

From cineradiography to biorobots: an approach for designing robots to emulate and study animal locomotion

(2016) K. Karakasiliotis et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

An integrated design and fabrication strategy for entirely soft, autonomous robots

(2016) Michael Wehner et al.   NATURE

An autonomous actuator driven by fluctuations in ambient humidity

(2016) Hiroki Arazoe et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Structured light enables biomimetic swimming and versatile locomotion of photoresponsive soft microrobots

(2016) Stefano Palagi et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Shape-programmable magnetic soft matter

(2016) Guo Zhan Lum et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A review on locomotion robophysics: the study of movement at the intersection of robotics, soft matter and dynamical systems

(2016) Jeffrey Aguilar et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Active Particles in Complex and Crowded Environments

(2016) Clemens Bechinger et al.   REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS

Perching and takeoff of a robotic insect on overhangs using switchable electrostatic adhesion

(2016) M. A. Graule et al.   SCIENCE

Photomotility of polymers

(2016) Jeong Jae Wie et al.   Nature Communications

Soft micromachines with programmable motility and morphology

(2016) Hen-Wei Huang et al.   Nature Communications

A plant tendril mimic soft actuator with phototunable bending and chiral twisting motion modes

(2016) Meng Wang et al.   Nature Communications

Fabrication and Manipulation of Ciliary Microrobots with Non-reciprocal Magnetic Actuation

(2016) Sangwon Kim et al.   Scientific Reports

Light-Driven Soft Robot Mimics Caterpillar Locomotion in Natural Scale

(2016) Mikołaj Rogóż et al.   Advanced Optical Materials

Light-Fueled Microscopic Walkers

(2015) Hao Zeng et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Controlled In Vivo Swimming of a Swarm of Bacteria-Like Microrobotic Flagella

(2015) Ania Servant et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Printing low-voltage dielectric elastomer actuators

(2015) Alexandre Poulin et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Six-degree-of-freedom magnetic actuation for wireless microrobotics

(2015) Eric Diller et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Undulatory swimming in non-Newtonian fluids

(2015) Gaojin Li et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Squirming through shear-thinning fluids

(2015) Charu Datt et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

How Slow Is Too Slow? Correlation of Operative Time to Complications: An Analysis from the Tennessee Surgical Quality Collaborative

(2015) Brian J. Daley et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Three-dimensional heterogeneous assembly of coded microgels using an untethered mobile microgripper

(2015) Su Eun Chung et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Science, technology and the future of small autonomous drones

(2015) Dario Floreano et al.   NATURE

Design, fabrication and control of soft robots

(2015) Daniela Rus et al.   NATURE

Deep learning

(2015) Yann LeCun et al.   NATURE

Phase-separation models for swimming enhancement in complex fluids

(2015) Yi Man et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Structural optimization for flexure-based parallel mechanisms – Towards achieving optimal dynamic and stiffness properties

(2015) Guo Zhan Lum et al.   PRECISION ENGINEERING-JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES FOR PRECISION ENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Integrating mechanism synthesis and topological optimization technique for stiffness-oriented design of a three degrees-of-freedom flexure-based parallel mechanism

(2015) Guo Zhan Lum et al.   PRECISION ENGINEERING-JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES FOR PRECISION ENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Biomedical Applications of Untethered Mobile Milli/Microrobots

(2015) Metin Sitti et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE

Increasing the performance of dielectric elastomer actuators: A review from the materials perspective

(2015) L.J. Romasanta et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Siloxane-based thin films for biomimetic low-voltage dielectric actuators

(2015) Tino Töpper et al.   SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL

Microscale locomotion in a nematic liquid crystal

(2015) Madison S. Krieger et al.   Soft Matter

A state-of-the-art review and analysis on the design of dry adhesion materials for applications such as climbing micro-robots

(2015) Rahul Sahay et al.   RSC Advances

Hydrogel Walkers with Electro-Driven Motility for Cargo Transport

(2015) Chao Yang et al.   Scientific Reports

Vertically stacked thin triboelectric nanogenerator for wind energy harvesting

(2015) Myeong-Lok Seol et al.   Nano Energy

Three-Dimensional Programmable Assembly by Untethered Magnetic Robotic Micro-Grippers

(2014) Eric Diller et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Creating Gecko-Like Adhesives for “Real World” Surfaces

(2014) Daniel R. King et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Continuously distributed magnetization profile for millimeter-scale elastomeric undulatory swimming

(2014) Eric Diller et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

A Meniscus-climbing Gel Robot

(2014) Yusuke Hara et al.   CHEMISTRY LETTERS

Stable hovering of a jellyfish-like flying machine

(2014) L. Ristroph et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Common mechanics of mode switching in locomotion of limbless and legged animals

(2014) S. Kuroda et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Controlling free flight of a robotic fly using an onboard vision sensor inspired by insect ocelli

(2014) S. B. Fuller et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Biorobotics: Using robots to emulate and investigate agile locomotion

(2014) A. J. Ijspeert   SCIENCE

Bio-Hybrid Cell-Based Actuators for Microsystems

(2014) Rika Wright Carlsen et al.   Small

Photoresponsive superhydrophobic surfaces for effective wetting control

(2014) Shuaijun Pan et al.   Soft Matter

Cebrennus Simon, 1880 (Araneae: Sparassidae): a revisionary up-date with the description of four new species and an updated identification key for all species

(2014) PETER JÄGER   ZOOTAXA

Untethered micro-robotic coding of three-dimensional material composition

(2014) S. Tasoglu et al.   Nature Communications

Swimming by reciprocal motion at low Reynolds number

(2014) Tian Qiu et al.   Nature Communications

Autonomous Soft Robotic Fish Capable of Escape Maneuvers Using Fluidic Elastomer Actuators

(2014) Andrew D. Marchese et al.   Soft Robotics

Microstructured Nematic Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Surfaces with Switchable Wetting Properties

(2013) Zi Liang Wu et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

An Integrated Microrobotic Platform for On-Demand, Targeted Therapeutic Interventions

(2013) Stefano Fusco et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Electroactive Polymers: Developments of and Perspectives for Dielectric Elastomers

(2013) James Biggs et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Towards a swarm of agile micro quadrotors

(2013) Alex Kushleyev et al.   AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS

Propulsion of swimming microrobots inspired bymetachronal wavesin ciliates: from biology to material specifications

(2013) Stefano Palagi et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Autonomous undulatory serpentine locomotion utilizing body dynamics of a fluidic soft robot

(2013) Cagdas D Onal et al.   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Two-dimensional magnetic micro-module reconfigurations based on inter-modular interactions

(2013) Shuhei Miyashita et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Independent control of multiple magnetic microrobots in three dimensions

(2013) Eric Diller et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Microfabricated mammalian organ systems and their integration into models of whole animals and humans

(2013) Jong H. Sung et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Rheology of Human Blood Plasma: Viscoelastic Versus Newtonian Behavior

(2013) M. Brust et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Miniature curved artificial compound eyes

(2013) Dario Floreano et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Emergence of metachronal waves in cilia arrays

(2013) J. Elgeti et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Controlled Flight of a Biologically Inspired, Insect-Scale Robot

(2013) K. Y. Ma et al.   SCIENCE

Soft robotics: a bioinspired evolution in robotics

(2013) Sangbae Kim et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Swarm robotics: a review from the swarm engineering perspective

(2013) Manuele Brambilla et al.   Swarm Intelligence

Challenges and Opportunities for Design, Simulation, and Fabrication of Soft Robots

(2013) Hod Lipson   Soft Robotics

Soft Robotics: A Perspective—Current Trends and Prospects for the Future

(2013) Carmel Majidi   Soft Robotics

Magnetic Helical Micromachines: Fabrication, Controlled Swimming, and Cargo Transport

(2012) Soichiro Tottori et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Biopsy with Thermally-Responsive Untethered Microtools

(2012) Evin Gultepe et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Development of piezoelectric microcantilever flow sensor with wind-driven energy harvesting capability

(2012) Huicong Liu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Progress on ‘pico’ air vehicles

(2012) RJ Wood et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Design and manufacturing of a controllable miniature flapping wing robotic platform

(2012) Veaceslav Arabagi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Evaluation systems of generated forces of skeletal muscle cell-based bio-actuators

(2012) Kazunori Shimizu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

Wilfrid Noel Bond and the Bond number

(2012) Willi H. Hager   JOURNAL OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH

Bio-inspired magnetic swimming microrobots for biomedical applications

(2012) Kathrin E. Peyer et al.   Nanoscale

Biomimetics Micro Robot with Active Hardware Neural Networks Locomotion Control and Insect-Like Switching Behaviour

(2012) Ken Saito et al.   International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

Control of Multiple Heterogeneous Magnetic Microrobots in Two Dimensions on Nonspecialized Surfaces

(2011) Eric Diller et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Assembly and disassembly of magnetic mobile micro-robots towards deterministic 2-D reconfigurable micro-systems

(2011) Eric Diller et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Does speed matter? The impact of operative time on outcome in laparoscopic surgery

(2011) Timothy D. Jackson et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

Microrobots for Minimally Invasive Medicine

(2010) Bradley J. Nelson et al.   Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

OctoMag: An Electromagnetic System for 5-DOF Wireless Micromanipulation

(2010) Michael P. Kummer et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

A survey of climbing robots: Locomotion and adhesion

(2010) Baeksuk Chu et al.   International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing

Hovering of a rigid pyramid in an oscillatory airflow

(2010) ANNIE WEATHERS et al.   JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS

Biomimetic cilia arrays generate simultaneous pumping and mixing regimes

(2010) A. R. Shields et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

First jump of microgel; actuation speed enhancement by elastic instability

(2010) Howon Lee et al.   Soft Matter

Micro- and macrorheology of mucus

(2009) Samuel K. Lai et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

General Surgical Operative Duration Is Associated with Increased Risk-Adjusted Infectious Complication Rates and Length of Hospital Stay

(2009) Levi D. Procter et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Voyage of the microrobots

(2009) Metin Sitti   NATURE

Printed artificial cilia from liquid-crystal network actuators modularly driven by light

(2009) Casper L. van Oosten et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

The hydrodynamics of swimming microorganisms

(2009) Eric Lauga et al.   REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS

Barrier properties of mucus

(2008) Richard A. Cone   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Photomobile Polymer Materials: Towards Light-Driven Plastic Motors

(2008) Munenori Yamada et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Walking on inclines: how do desert ants monitor slope and step length?

(2008) Tobias Seidl et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

The First Takeoff of a Biologically Inspired At-Scale Robotic Insect

(2008) R.J. Wood   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Modes and scaling in aquatic locomotion

(2008) S. Vogel   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Biomimetic Soft Multifunctional Miniature Aquabots

(2008) Gu Han Kwon et al.   Small

Impact of a Superhydrophobic Sphere onto Water

(2007) Duck-Gyu Lee et al.   LANGMUIR