Geckos can locomote across complex substrates in a variety of conditions with apparent ease.
Alyssa Y Stark, Amanda M Palecek, Clayton W Argenbright, Craig Bernard, Anthony BBrennan, Peter H Niewiarowski, Ali Dhinojwala 2015, 'Gecko Adhesion on Wet and Dry Patterned Substrates.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4687937?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Thus, we have been focused on microrobots that can locomote using step patterns.
Ken Saito, Kei Iwata, Yuki Ishihara, Kazuki Sugita, Minami Takato, Fumio Uchikoba 2016, 'Miniaturized Rotary Actuators Using Shape Memory Alloy for Insect-Type MEMS Microrobot',Micromachineshttp://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/7/4/58. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ophiuroids locomote along the seafloor by coordinated rhythmic movements of multi-segmented arms.
Yoshiya Matsuzaka, Eiki Sato, Takeshi Kano, Hitoshi Aonuma, Akio Ishiguro 2017, 'Non-centralized and functionally localized nervous system of ophiuroids: evidencefrom topical anesthetic experiments', Biology Openhttp://bio.biologists.org/content/6/4/425. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This protocol was developed for a robotic system designed to locomote on lattice structures for space applications.
Sara Falcone, John Zhang, Agnes Cameron, Amira Abdel-Rahman 2019, 'Blockchain Design for an Embedded System', Ledgerhttp://ledger.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/ledger/article/view/172. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our experiments report that the microswimmers with soft bodies can locomote faster than those with rigid bodies.
Jia Liu, Tiantian Xu, Yanming Guan, Xiaohui Yan, Chengwei Ye, Xinyu Wu 2017, 'Swimming Characteristics of Bioinspired Helical Microswimmers Based on Soft Lotus-RootFibers', Micromachineshttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/8/12/349. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)