1080pHAMR-E: electroadhesive crawling on engine walls
A centimetre-scale tethered robot uses electroadhesive feet to crawl on vertical, inverted and curved conductive surfaces.
Tethered climbing experimentsRead case
TECHNICAL DIRECTION
Mechanisms & actuation
Structure, actuation and load transmission.
Space illustration · OPENRUWEIPUBLIC CASES
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1080pEELS: a snake robot for passages through ice
A segmented robot combines rotating screw propulsion with environmental mapping in ground tests on ice, snow, sand and glacier passages.
Ground prototypes and glacier testsRead case
Miniature robot for wall-to-wall transitions
Kirigami-inspired adhesive tracks and negative-pressure preload enable a miniature robot to transition between surfaces of varying curvature.
Experiments and engine-component testsRead case
720pMiniature climbing robot with active compliance
A unified active-compliance mechanism adapts to varied surfaces, with visual-inspection tests inside a decommissioned engine.
Experiments and decommissioned-engine testsRead case
1080pA soft robot that advances by tip growth
A flexible tube grows by eversion at its tip, offering another way to move around obstacles.
Growth-based proof of conceptRead case
4KMagnetically steered thread in a cerebral-vessel model
A magnetic field steers a slender thread, with a hydrogel coating to reduce friction.
Vascular-model experimentsRead case
1080pSWARM: a concept for miniature inspection robots in engines
A proposed snake carrier would deploy and retrieve miniature crawlers to inspect surfaces beyond conventional borescope access.
System concept and locomotion prototypesRead case
VideoReachBot: finding anchors with extendable booms
Microspine grippers at the ends of extendable booms find anchors on rock surfaces.
Lab prototypes and single-boom field testsRead case
1080pPeripheral-airway navigation with a magnetic catheter
A 2.4 mm magnetic catheter integrates shape sensing and an optical fibre for peripheral-airway navigation and laser delivery.
Phantom and ex-vivo validationRead case
1080pmini-RCM: an origami-inspired miniature teleoperator
The miniature teleoperated mini-RCM demonstrates tracing and simulated retinal-vein cannulation.
Bench-top micromanipulationRead case
1080pAn ingestible origami robot in a stomach model
A robot unfolds from a capsule and uses magnetic guidance to remove a button battery in a simulated stomach.
Simulated-stomach proof of conceptRead case
MillirobotMedical
Magnetic millirobots for locomotion and delivery research
Magnetic actuation and origami-inspired structures support millimetre-scale research on locomotion, shape change and delivery.
Research prototype for medical useRead case
480pContact-aided continuum robot
Internal contact-aided compliant mechanisms improve a slender manipulator’s resistance to twisting and compression buckling.
Laboratory validationRead case
Nested continuumMechanisms
Nested continuum robot
Nested tendon-driven and concentric-tube structures use axial sliding to adjust a continuum robot’s configuration and stiffness.
Design, modeling and experimentsRead case
540pInsect-scale bistable jumper
Tunable energy barriers control storage and release to produce multiple jumping modes at insect scale.
Laboratory prototypeRead case
VideoLEMUR and gecko-inspired adhesion for spacecraft surfaces
Adhesion, locomotion and grasping studied on spacecraft-surface mock-ups and in microgravity tests.
Ground and simulated-microgravity validationRead case
VideoA space continuum arm: orbital technology tests for refuelling
Orbital tests aboard Xiyuan-0 examined simulated refuelling and compliant manipulation.
Orbital technology demonstrationRead case
720pBerkeley Humanoid Lite: a reproducible humanoid platform
Open hardware and learning-based control, from 3D-printed gearboxes to arm manipulation and bipedal walking.
Research prototype and hardware experimentsRead case
VideoOptimus Gen 2: walking, balance and hand manipulation
Tesla’s official video shows revised actuators, walking and hand motion, including gentle handling of an egg.
Manufacturer prototype demonstrationRead case
SELECTED SOURCES
Review paper工业微创手术：航空发动机原位检修连续体机器人技术及应用Review paper昆虫尺度多运动模式机器人研究进展与应用PaperHarvard · HAMR-E · research paperInstitutional recordMeet the robotsInstitutional recordEELS (Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor)PaperK-Track: A Kirigami-Inspired Tracked Robot With Negative Pressure Co-operative Adhesion for Wall-to-Wall TransitionPaperUnified active compliance enables miniature robots to traverse diverse surfacesInstitutional recordStanford researchers develop a new type of soft, growing robot
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