3 accepted papers
We design an insect-sized rolling microrobot driven by continuously rotating wheels. It measures 18 mm × 8 mm × 8 mm. There are 2 versions of the robot - a 96 mg laser-powered one and a 130 mg supercapacitor powered one. The robot can move at 27 mm/s (1.5 body lengths per second) with wheels rotatin
Here we present the design of an insect-scale electromagnetic actuator that can be used to spin wings and generate lift. This lift generation method is in contrast to most other microrobot designs at this size scale which rely on flapping wings to produce lift. The device has a wing span of 4 centim
We present a 70mg, 3cm wing-span, flapping wing aerial vehicle capable of generating up to 60mg of lift using an electromagnetic actuator with low-voltage input (≈5.5V). Its design is novel, with the actuation and transmission integrated into a single resonant mechanism, thus not requiring any small…