Current surgical devices are mostly rigid and are made of stiff materials, even though their
predominant use is on soft and wet tissues. With the emergence of compliant mechanisms …

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is one of the most challenging techniques for robot
designers due to the limited size of access points, the high miniaturization level, and the …

“Printing” robots and other complex devices through a process of origami-like folding is an
emerging and promising manufacturing method due to the inherent simplicity and low cost of …

This study explores the aerodynamic performance of an X-Wing bio-inspired flapping wing
micro air vehicle (MAV) underlying clap-and-fling motion by means of force and flow field …

With the goal of operating a biologically inspired robot autonomously outside of laboratory
conditions, in this paper, we simulated wind disturbances in a laboratory setting and …

Numerical simulations were performed to investigate the flowfield around a flexible flapping-
wing micro air vehicle using an in-house-developed computational fluid dynamics solver. To …

Compliant mechanisms are utilized in various applications that demand high precision and
a minimized number of components. Particularly in the fields of biology and medicine …

Articulation based on flexure hinges is increasingly popular in microrobotics because of the
absence of Coulomb friction, ease of manufacturability, fluid motion, durability, and large …

The small scale of minimally-invasive surgery (MIS) presents significant challenges to
developing robust, smart, and dexterous tools for manipulating millimeter and sub-millimeter …

This study explores the aerodynamic characteristics of a flapping-wing micro aerial vehicle
(MAV) in hovering configuration by means of force and flowfield measurements. The effects …