3D structure of an insect-based microrobot with an external skeleton

Author

Shimoyama, Isao ; Miura, Hirofumi ; Suzuki, Kenji ; Ezura, Yuichi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mechano-Inf., Tokyo Univ., Japan

fYear

1992

fDate

12-14 May 1992

Firstpage

693

Abstract

The authors describe the concept of making a microrobot with an external skeleton like the structure of an insect, as well as its implementation using rigid plates and elastic joints. A large-scale model consisting of plastic plates, springs, and solenoids is shown to demonstrate this motion. Moreover, several microsized models were built on silicon wafers by using polysilicon as rigid plates and polyimide as elastic joints

Keywords

micromechanical devices; robots; 3D microrobot structure; elastic joints; external skeleton; insect-based microrobot; plastic plates; polyimide; polysilicon; rigid plates; silicon wafers; solenoids; springs; Insects; Joints; Large-scale systems; Plastics; Polyimides; Semiconductor device modeling; Silicon; Skeleton; Solenoids; Springs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation, 1992. Proceedings., 1992 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2720-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBOT.1992.220287

Filename

220287

Link To Document

https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3181656