Jie Mao

FireFly: An Insect-Scale Aerial Robot Powered by Electroluminescent Soft Artificial Muscles

Light production in natural fireflies represents an effective and unique method for communication and mating. Inspired by bioluminescence, we develop a 650 mg aerial robot powered by four electroluminescent (EL) dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) that have distinct colors and patterns. To enable