Though miniaturization and mass production via integrated circuit fabrication techniques
have transformed our society, the methods have yet to be successfully applied to the …

Limited flight duration is a considerable obstacle to the widespread application of micro
aerial vehicles (MAVs),–, especially for ultralightweight MAVs weighing less than 10 g …

A novel micro combustor with block insert has been introduced in this work. The effect of
block insert on wall temperature distribution and entropy generation of the micro combustor …

This paper presents a small-scale airflow energy harvester built on an axial turbine
architecture and exploiting an electret-based electrostatic converter. When the airflow …

Millimeter-sized electrostatic film actuators, inspired by the efficient spatial arrangement of
insect muscles, achieve a muscle-like power density (61 W kg− 1) and enable robotic …

Small organisms use propulsive springs rather than muscles to repeatedly actuate high
acceleration movements, even when constrained to tiny displacements and limited by …

Micromotors are of great interest not only for the miniaturization of current products but also
for the realization of future micromachines that can explore challenging environments. The …

We report the design, fabrication, and characterization of a rotary micromotor supported on
microball bearings. This is the first demonstration of a rotary micromachine with a robust …

The dynamics of the out-of-plane comb-drive actuator used in a torsional resonant mode
microscanner is discussed. The microscanner is fabricated using the standard SOI …

Micro actuators are widely used in NEMS/MEMS for control and sensing. However, most are
designed with suspended beams anchored at fixed points, causing two main issues …