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Mobile microrobots

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Isao Shimoyama ,
Takashi Yasuda ,
Hirofumi Miura ,
Yayoi Kubo Fujisawa  and
Yuichi Ezura
Isao Shimoyama
Affiliation:
Department of Mechano Informatics, The University of Tokyo, 7–3–1 Hongo, Bunkyo–ku Tokyo 113 (Japan)
Takashi Yasuda
Affiliation:
Department of Mechano Informatics, The University of Tokyo, 7–3–1 Hongo, Bunkyo–ku Tokyo 113 (Japan)
Hirofumi Miura
Affiliation:
Department of Mechano Informatics, The University of Tokyo, 7–3–1 Hongo, Bunkyo–ku Tokyo 113 (Japan)
Yayoi Kubo Fujisawa
Affiliation:
Department of Mechano Informatics, The University of Tokyo, 7–3–1 Hongo, Bunkyo–ku Tokyo 113 (Japan)
Yuichi Ezura
Affiliation:
Department of Mechano Informatics, The University of Tokyo, 7–3–1 Hongo, Bunkyo–ku Tokyo 113 (Japan)
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Summary

This paper discusses suitable mechanisms and functions of a mobile microrobot from the point of view ofscale effects. Several assumptions are made using animalscaling. A large scale model is shown to demonstrate these mechanisms. Moreover, microsized models have been built on silicon wafers by using polysilicon as rigidplates and polyimide as elastic joints. The results showthat suitable mechanisms and functions may be different from those of a conventional robot.

Keywords

Mobile microrobotsScale effectsSilicon wafersMicrosized moduleInsects

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Robotica , Volume 14 , Issue 5 , September 1996 , pp. 469 - 476
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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