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An agile multimodal microrobot with architected passively morphing wheels.
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- Musculoskeletal actuators with programmable morphology and tunable dynamics.Science advances · 2026Article
- Machine learning-driven design of engineered cilia enables hybrid operations in acoustic microrobots.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Inertia-driven amphibious robot with asymmetric microundulatory fin arrays.Science advances · 2026Article
- A general soft robotic controller inspired by neuronal structural and plastic synapses that adapts to diverse arms, tasks, and perturbations.Science advances · 2026Article
- Asymmetries-induced nonlinear dynamic behaviors enable versatile modulation strategy for insect-scale robotics.Science advances · 2025Article
- An Ultrasonic Microrobot Enabling Ultrafast Bidirectional Navigation in Confined Tubular Environments.Nano-micro letters · 2025Article
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Abstract
Multimodal microrobots are of growing interest due to their capabilities to navigate diverse terrains, with promising applications in inspection, exploration, and biomedicine. Despite remarkable progress, it remains challenging to combine the attributes of excellent maneuverability, low power consumption, and high robustness in a single multimodal microrobot. We propose an architected design of a passively morphing wheel that can be stabilized at distinct geometric configurations, relying on asymmetric bending stiffness of bioinspired tentacle structures. By integrating such wheels with electromagnetic motors and a flexible body, we develop a highly compact, lightweight, multimodal microrobot (length ~32 mm and mass ~4.74 g) with three locomotion gaits. It has high motion speed (~21.2 BL/s), excellent agility (relative centripetal acceleration, ~206.9 BL/s
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