Challenging Path to Creating Autonomous and Controllable Microrobots

Explore the cutting-edge world of autonomous microrobots in this research seminar from the Paul G. Allen School. Delve into the challenges and breakthroughs in creating insect-scale robots, focusing on three groundbreaking microrobots: RoBeetle, Bee+, and SMALLBug. Learn about innovative approaches to power conversion, actuation, sensing, and control that are pushing the boundaries of what's possible in miniature robotics. Discover how these advancements are bringing us closer to realizing truly autonomous artificial insects, with potential applications in various fields. Gain insights into the latest developments in microfabrication, shape-memory alloy actuators, and control systems that enable these tiny marvels to crawl, fly, and move at unprecedented speeds and efficiency.

Introduction
Biological Inspiration
Three Robots
Second Robot Background
Unimorph piezoelectric actuators
Design fabrication
Unimorph actuators
flapping system
measuring forces
prescribe flapping motion
instantaneous forces
openloop flying
quasisteady analysis
incline stroll plane
dynamics
Attitude Control
Stability Issues
Theory
Proof
Experiments
Problems
Solutions
Limitations
Catalytic combustor
Digital control
Multipliers
Functional Units
Bean Theory
Heat Transfer Analysis
Piezoelectric Actuator
Fast Actuator
The Next Step
Funding
Questions
Motivation