Heiko Kabutz — accepted AI-conference papers

2024

Femtosecond Laser Fabricated Nitinol Living Hinges for Millimeter-Sized Robots

Alexander Hedrick, Heiko Kabutz, Lawrence Smith, Robert MacCurdy, Kaushik Jayaram

RA-L 2024

Nitinol is a smart material that can be used as an actuator, a sensor, or a structural element, and has the potential to significantly enhance the capabilities of microrobots. Femtosecond laser technology can be used to process nitinol while avoiding heat-affected zones (HAZ), thus retaining superel

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2023

mCLARI: A Shape-Morphing Insect-Scale Robot Capable of Omnidirectional Terrain-Adaptive Locomotion in Laterally Confined Spaces

Heiko Kabutz, Alexander Hedrick, William P. McDonnell, Kaushik Jayaram

IROS 2023poster

Soft compliant microrobots have the potential to deliver significant societal impact when deployed in applications such as search and rescue. In this research we present mCLARI, a body compliant quadrupedal microrobot of 20mm neutral body length and 0.97g, improving on its larger predecessor, CLARI.…

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