Soft Microrobotic Transmissions Enable Rapid Ground-Based Locomotion
Wei Zhou,Nick Gravish,Wei Zhou,Nick Gravish
In this paper we present the design, fabrication, testing, and control of a 0.4 g milliscale robot employing a soft polymer flexure transmission for rapid ground movement. The robot was constructed through a combination of two methods: smart-composite-manufacturing (SCM) process to fabricate the actuators and robot chassis, and silicone elastomer molding and casting to fabricate a soft flexure tra...
