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Cyclops: miniature robotic reconnaissance system

Proceedings 1999 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.99CH36288C), 2003
Miniature mobile robots are desirable for military applications because of their ability to function covertly in highly constrained environments. However, work on such tiny robotic systems has been hampered by the difficulty of packaging locomotion, sensing, computing and power subsystems into diminutive spaces.
Brian Chemel, Edward Mutschler, Hagen Schempf   +2 more
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A method for transporting a team of miniature robots

Proceedings 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2003) (Cat. No.03CH37453), 2004
The Scouts, developed at the University of Minnesota, are miniature robots designed mainly for reconnaissance and surveillance tasks. The Scout's small size and multiple mobility and sensing modes allow it to efficiently navigate and carry out certain missions in indoor environments and on relatively smooth surfaces.
Esra Kadioglu, Nikos Papanikolopoulos
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Visual Tracking for Teams of Miniature Robots

2009
This paper describes an experimental visual tracking system for cameras mounted on miniature mobile robots. The localization of the moving target robot is done in two steps: (i) extracting boundary marks representing the target robot within the image, and (ii) reducing its projected position and orientation errors across images. Background segmentation
Hyeun Jeong Min, Andrew Drenner, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos   +2 more
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Sharing control [multiple miniature robots]

IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 2002
Presents a framework for the operation and coordination of multiple miniature robots. Simple teleoperation can be useful in many situations, but the operator's attention must be completely dedicated to controlling the robot. This may be difficult when the task requires the use of multiple robots.
Paul E. Rybski, Sascha Stoeter, Nikolaos P. Papanikolopoulos, Ian T. Burt, Tom Dahlin, Maria L. Gini, Dean F. Hougen, Donald G. Krantz, Florent Nageotte   +8 more
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A miniature robotic system for reconnaissance and surveillance

Proceedings 2000 ICRA. Millennium Conference. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. Symposia Proceedings (Cat. No.00CH37065), 2002
Presents a miniature robotic system ("scout") useful for reconnaissance and surveillance missions. A large number of scout robots are deployed and controlled by humans and/or larger "ranger" robots. The specially designed and constructed scouts are extremely small (roughly 116cc volume) yet are readily deployable (by tossing or launching), have ...
Dean F. Hougen, Saifallah Benjaafar, Jordan Bonney, John Budenske, Mark Dvorak, Maria L. Gini, Howard French, Donald G. Krantz, Perry Y. Li, Fred Malver, Bradley J. Nelson, Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos, Paul E. Rybski, Sascha Stoeter, Richard M. Voyles, Kemal Berk Yesin   +15 more
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Recent developments in miniature flying robots

Industrial Robot: An International Journal, 2010
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide a review of recent developments in miniaturised flying robots.Design/methodology/approachFollowing a brief consideration of micro‐ and nano‐aerial vehicles, the paper discusses recent US and European research into the development of miniaturised flying robots.FindingsThis paper shows that research into ...
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Designing a miniature wearable visual robot

Proceedings 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.02CH37292), 2003
We report on two methods we have developed to aid in the design of a wearable visual robot-a body mounted robot for which the main sensor is a camera. Specifically, we have first refined the analysis of sensor placement through the computation of the field of view and body motion using a 3D model of the human form. Second we have improved the design of
Mayol, WW, Tordoff, BJ, Davison, AJ, Murray, DW   +3 more
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Miniature soft robots — road to the clinic

Nature Reviews Materials, 2018
Soft small robots offer the opportunity to non-invasively access human tissue to perform medical operations and deliver drugs; however, challenges in materials design, biocompatibility and function control remain to be overcome for soft robots to reach the clinic.
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Miniaturization of robots that fly on beetles' wings

Science, 2020
The shock-absorbing wings of the rhinoceros beetle battle in-flight ...
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Miniature Robots for Battling Bacterial Infection

ACS Nano
Micro/nanorobots have shown great promise for minimally invasive bacterial infection therapy. However, bacterial infections usually form biofilms inside the body by aggregation and adhesion, preventing antibiotic penetration and increasing the likelihood of recurrence.
Weijie Zhong, Stephan Handschuh-Wang, U. T. Uthappa, Jie Shen, Ming Qiu, Shiwei Du, Ben Wang   +6 more
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