Miniature robots have been widely studied and applied in the fields of search and rescue,
reconnaissance, micromanipulation, and even the interior of the human body benefiting from …

Microbots can revolutionize various fields of science and technology with applications that
require access to confined environments. These microbots could allow engine inspections …

Miniature locomotion robots with the ability to navigate confined environments show great
promise for a wide range of tasks, including search and rescue operations. Soft miniature …

Wireless motion and large capacity are two important characteristics for practical
applications of the miniature robots, and become more challenging as the decrease of the …

Insect‐scale mobile robots can execute diverse arrays of tasks in confined spaces. Although
most self‐contained crawling robots integrate multiple actuators to ensure high flexibility, the …

The advent of small-scale robots holds immense potential for revolutionizing various
industries, particularly in the domains of surgery and operations within confined spaces that …

In this work, a novel hexapod miniature piezoelectric robot (HMPR) was proposed. It utilized
a circular arrangement and a triangular gait scheme to achieve high motion stability and …

So-called robot–object Lagrangian systems consist of a class of nonsmooth underactuated
complementarity Lagrangian systems, with a specific structure: an “object” and a “robot” …

Fast motion and high adaptability are crucial for the practical applications of miniature
robots. However, combining these capabilities into a single robot skillfully is challenging …

This paper proposes a novel design method for trajectory parameters based on the velocity
index and wading height, which is implemented on a six-legged robot with a coupled …