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Intelligence for miniature robots

Sensors and Actuators, 1989
Abstract It seems clear that small robots which take advantage of recent reductions in packaging size and costs of microelectronics can potentially be very useful; even more so if similar savings could be achieved in the actuation and power supply areas.
Anita M. Flynn, Rodney A. Brooks, William M. Wells, David S. Barrett   +3 more
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Miniature In Vivo Robotics and Novel Robotic Surgical Platforms

Urologic Clinics of North America, 2009
Robotic surgical systems, such as the da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Sunnyvale, California), have revolutionized laparoscopic surgery but are limited by large size, increased costs, and limitations in imaging. Miniature in vivo robots are being developed that are inserted entirely into the peritoneal cavity for laparoscopic and ...
Bhavin C, Shah, Shelby L, Buettner, Amy C, Lehman, Shane M, Farritor, Dmitry, Oleynikov   +4 more
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Miniature Underwater Robotic Fish for Animal-Robot Interactions

Volume 2: Mechatronics; Mechatronics and Controls in Advanced Manufacturing; Modeling and Control of Automotive Systems and Combustion Engines; Modeling and Validation; Motion and Vibration Control Applications; Multi-Agent and Networked Systems; Path Planning and Motion Control; Robot Manipulators; Sensors and Actuators; Tracking Control Systems; Uncertain Systems and Robustness; Unmanned, Ground and Surface Robotics; Vehicle Dynamic Controls; Vehicle Dynamics and Traffic Control, 2016
Research in animal behavior has benefited from the availability of robots able to elicit controllable, customizable, and versatile stimuli in behavioral studies. For example, biologically-inspired robotic fish can be designed to mimic the morphophysiology of predators and conspecifics to study fear response and sociality.
Phamduy, P., Vasquez, M., RIZZO, ALESSANDRO, Porfiri, M.   +3 more
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A SMA-actuated miniature pressure regulator for a miniature robot for colonoscopy

Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2003
Abstract This paper describes a proportional minivalve actuated by shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators and designed primarily for application in semi-autonomous devices for endoscopy (colonoscopy, in particular). As compared to existing valves, the new minivalve exhibits favourable values of working pressure range (0–200 kPa), size, weight and ...
Carrozza M. C., Arena A., Accoto D., Menciassi A., Dario P.   +4 more
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Miniature robots for space and military missions

IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 1998
Miniature robots enable low-cost planetary surface exploration missions as well as new military missions in urban terrain where small robots provide critical assistance to human operations. These space and military missions have many similar technological challenges.
Charles R. Weisbin, John Blitch, David B. Lavery, Eric Krotkov, Chuck Shoemaker, Larry H. Matthies, Guillermo Rodríguez 0003   +6 more
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ROS Integration for Miniature Mobile Robots

2018
In this paper, the feasibility of using the Robot Operating System (ROS) for controlling miniature size mobile robots was investigated. Open-source and low-cost robots employ limited processors, hence running ROS on such systems is very challenging. Therefore, we provide a compact, low-cost, and open-source module enabling miniature multi and swarm ...
Andrew West, Farshad Arvin, Horatio Martin, Simon Watson 0001, Barry Lennox   +4 more
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Development of a biomimetic miniature robotic crawler

Autonomous Robots, 2006
The paper presents the development of segmented artificial crawlers endowed with passive hook-shaped frictional microstructures. The goal is to find design rules for fabricating biomimetic, adaptable and mobile machines mimicking segmented animals with hydrostatic skeleton, and intended to move effectively along unstructured substrates.
Arianna Menciassi, Dino Accoto, Samuele Gorini, Paolo Dario   +3 more
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A passively sprawling miniature legged robot

2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2015
The paper reports on the design and preliminary experimental testing of a novel 3D-printed miniature legged robot. It is called Passively Sprawling Robot (PSR), and it features a mechanism that achieves passive adjustment of the sprawl angle of the robot's legs.
Adam Stager, Konstantinos Karydis, Herbert G. Tanner   +2 more
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Modularization of Miniature Tracked Reconnaissance Robot

2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2005
This paper analyzes the demanding background of the tracked reconnaissance robot, and its requisite performance is discussed in detail. According to the demand, the miniature tracked reconnaissance robot (MTRR) is developed in Beihang University. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the application of the MTRR system and its modularization design ...
Dan Zou, Tianmiao Wang, Jianhong Liang, Guang Han   +3 more
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Signature Robot: A Miniature Robot for Orthopaedic Surgery

Proceedings of The 14th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics 2022, 2022
Imperial College London’s first venture into orthopaedic robotic surgery was with a spinoff company called Acrobot Ltd. This was developed over many years, culminating in a series of uni-condylar knee replacement (UKR) surgery operations with excellent results [1]. Much was learned from this experience with many hardware iterations culminating in a
Spyridon Souipas, Stephen G Laws, Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena, Brian L Davies   +3 more
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