...Yongshun Zhang; Guangjun Liu This paper presents a bidirectional wireless swimming microrobot that has been developed, analyzed, and experimentally tested. The robot is developed based on fin beating propulsion, using giant magnetostrictive films for head and tail fins. An innovative drive approach...

...Bahareh Behkam; Metin Sitti Miniature and energy-efficient propulsion systems hold the key to maturing the technology of swimming microrobots. In this paper, two new methods of propulsion inspired by the motility mechanism of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms are proposed. Hydrodynamic...

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... 2003 12 04 2004 hydraulic systems pumps propulsion mobile robots thermodynamic properties The limitation of current power sources is one of the dominant bottlenecks preventing the more widespread appearance of fully autonomous field robotics. These robotic systems include any...