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ArticleMicromachines2022

Miniature Mobile Robot Using Only One Tilted Vibration Motor.

Renjie Zhu, Yifan Zhang, Hongqiang Wang

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Article in Micromachines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Arthropod-Inspired Miniature Modular Vibration Direct-Drive Robot With Untethered Locomotion.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  3. Developments and Challenges of Miniature Piezoelectric Robots: A Review.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023
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3 authors.

Renjie ZhuShenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5888-9506
Yifan ZhangShenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China.
Hongqiang WangShenzhen Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7286-7514

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation for Young Scientists of China 51905256Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China 2020A1515010955Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province of China (State Key Laboratory of Ro-botics joint funding) 2021-KF-22-11Science, Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality ZDSYS20200811143601004Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) K19313901
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In miniature mobile robots, reducing the number of actuators can effectively reduce the size and weight of the robot. However, it is challenging to design a robot with as few actuators as possible without losing good motion performance. This work presented a simple-structured low-cost miniature mobile robot. It is driven by only a single tilted motor and yet is fully capable of being controlled to move forward and turn left or right on the ground. Based on the stick-slip mechanism, the robot's motion is achieved by interplaying between the centrifugal force generated by the vibration motor tilted on the robot and the friction force of the robot. The robot's speed can be controlled by regulating the magnitude and the period of the applied voltage. Finally, the robot can translate and rotate on the ground and follow various arbitrary paths. The prototype weighs only 11.15 g, costs $6.35, and is 20 mm in diameter and 25 mm in height. The proposed system is experimentally verified and demonstrates the controllability of the robot by the movement along a straight line, a circle, and more arbitrary paths.

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mechanism designminiature robotsswarmsunderactuated robots

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PMID36014106
PMCPMC9413211

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