Robots on engine walls, in vessels, through rubble and inside ice crevasses.
1080pValidate centimetre-scale locomotion on vertical, inverted and curved conductive surfaces.
1080pReach combustor liners through limited access and patch damaged ceramic coatings.
1080pA segmented body uses rotating screws for motion tests on ice, snow and sand.
Kirigami-inspired adhesive tracks work with negative-pressure preload to cross changing surface geometries.
720pA unified active-compliance mechanism adapts to varied surfaces, with visual-inspection tests inside a decommissioned engine.
1080pA flexible tube grows by eversion at its tip, offering another way to move around obstacles.
4KA magnetic field steers a slender thread, with a hydrogel coating to reduce friction.
720pInspect neighbouring compressor-blade edges through existing borescope ports.
1080pInspect internal engine areas difficult to reach with conventional probes.
VideoMicrospine grippers at the ends of extendable booms find anchors on rock surfaces.
720pThe tracked SOLO robot is deployed through a manhole to collect interior imagery for sewer assessment.
1080pA 2.4 mm magnetic catheter combines shape sensing and an optical fiber for peripheral-airway navigation.
1080pThe miniature teleoperated mini-RCM demonstrates tracing and simulated retinal-vein cannulation.
After the 2017 Mexico City earthquake, a snake robot provided camera views inside gaps inaccessible to conventional cameras.
1080pA robot unfolds from a capsule and uses magnetic guidance to remove a button battery in a simulated stomach.
Elios 3 combines a protective cage, visual inspection and LiDAR sensing for enclosed facilities.
Magnetically actuated miniature robots explore movement and precision delivery inside the body.
480pA slender manipulator uses contact-aided compliant mechanisms to resist twisting and compression buckling.
Nested structures with axial sliding explore coordinated changes in geometry and stiffness.
540pTorque, angle and pressure feedback support specific dexterous manipulation tasks without vision.
540pTunable energy barriers control storage and release to produce multiple jumping modes at insect scale.
Each case links to its paper or official source, where you can check experimental conditions and how to use the images and code.