Considering microbotics, microforce sensing, their working environment, and their control
architecture together, microrobotic force-sensing systems provide the potential to outperform …

Small insects perform agile locomotion, such as running, jumping, and flying. Recently,
many robots, inspired by such insect performance, have been developed and are expected …

The aim of this work is to design, simulate, and analyze a bi-axial piezoresistive MEMS
(Micro-Electro-Mechanical System) force sensor, which has the capability of flexibility, high …

This study proposes a force plate with a planar spring and an eddy current displacement
sensor to measure the ground reaction force (GRF) of a small insect and reveal its motion …

Insects exhibit excellent maneuvers such as running and flying despite their small bodies;
therefore, their locomotion mechanism is expected to provide a design guideline for …

Ground reaction force (GRF) is a significant factor for the evaluation of animal locomotion.
Recently, micro force plates have been implemented as a GRF measurement method for tiny …

In this paper, we propose a micro-electronic-mechanical systems (MEMS)-based tactile
sensor that can measure the elasticity of an object without having to measure the contact …

We present a novel approach to traction force microscopy (TFM) for studying the locomotion
of 10 cm long walking centipedes on soft substrates. Leveraging the remarkable elasticity …

This paper proposes a microelectromechanical system triaxial piezoresistive force sensor
probe with high sensitivity and stiffness. The sensor probe is composed of a cantilever and …

Many studies have been conducted on the locomotion of terrestrial animals to evaluate
ground reaction forces (GRFs) using a force plate. Conventional force plates typically utilize …