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ICRA
2009
IEEE
147views Robotics» more  ICRA 2009»
13 years 11 months ago
Milligram-scale high-voltage power electronics for piezoelectric microrobots
— Piezoelectric actuators can achieve high efficiency and power density in very small geometries, which shows promise for microrobotic applications, such as flapping-wing robot...
Michael Karpelson, Gu-Yeon Wei, Robert J. Wood
ICRA
2003
IEEE
115views Robotics» more  ICRA 2003»
13 years 10 months ago
Microrobotics using composite materials: the micromechanical flying insect thorax
The use of high performance composite materials provides a substantial performance improvement for microrobotics. Such materials have great benefits over common MEMs materials su...
Robert J. Wood, Srinath Avadhanula, M. Menon, Rona...
HCI
2007
13 years 6 months ago
What Would Jiminy Cricket Do? Lessons from the First Social Wearable
Work towards the development of a “wearable conscience” that helps individuals make healthy decisions in their everyday lives is described. To be effective, such a system must ...
Timothy W. Bickmore
SIGCSE
2006
ACM
362views Education» more  SIGCSE 2006»
13 years 10 months ago
Chirp on crickets: teaching compilers using an embedded robot controller
Traditionally, the topics of compiler construction and language processing have been taught as an elective course in Computer Science curricula. As such, students may graduate wit...
Li Xu, Fred G. Martin
ICRA
2007
IEEE
102views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
13 years 11 months ago
On the Force Capabilities of Centripetal Force-actuated Microrobotic Platforms
—This paper studies the capabilities of a microrobotic platform, driven by vibrating motors, to generate and impart micromanipulation forces of desired type and magnitude. First,...
P. Vartholomeos, Kostas Vlachos, Evangelos Papadop...