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Microbotics

Known as: Microbot, Microrobot, Miniature robot 
Microbotics (or microrobotics) is the field of miniature robotics, in particular mobile robots with characteristic dimensions less than 1 mm. The… 
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Review
2010
Review
2010
Pneumatic and hydraulic microactuators: a review
The development of MEMS actuators is rapidly evolving and continuously new progress in terms of efficiency, power and force… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
OctoMag: An electromagnetic system for 5-DOF wireless micromanipulation
We demonstrate five-degree-of-freedom (5-DOF) wireless magnetic control of a fully untethered microrobot (3-DOF position, 2-DOF… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Using a swarm of self-propelled natural microrobots in the form of flagellated bacteria to perform complex micro-assembly tasks
Many science fiction novels have envisioned swarms of artificial microrobots capable of performing complex collective tasks… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
RoACH: An autonomous 2.4g crawling hexapod robot
This work presents the design, fabrication, and testing of a novel hexapedal walking millirobot using only two actuators… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
A micro-robot fish with embedded SMA wire actuated flexible biomimetic fin
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Microscale and nanoscale robotics systems [Grand Challenges of Robotics]
Depending on their overall size, sensing and actuation precision, part or tool size, and task space, robotic systems can be… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Teaching robots by moulding behavior and scaffolding the environment
Programming robots to carry out useful tasks is both a complex and non-trivial exercise. A simple and intuitive method to allow… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Optimal energy density piezoelectric bending actuators
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Design Methodology for Biomimetic Propulsion of Miniature Swimming Robots
Miniature and energy efficient propulsion systems hold the key to maturing the technology of swimming microrobots. In this paper… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Development of flexible microactuator and its applications to robotic mechanisms
A flexible microactuator (FMA) driven by an electropneumatic (or electrohydraulic) system has been developed. The FMA has three… 
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