NanoRobotics Laboratory

Bio-Inspiration at the Small Scale

Wall Climbing Robots

4-bar: A multi-foot robot for wall climbing.

Geckobot: A motor actuated robot inspired by the gecko lizard.

Compliant Geckobot: A robot propelled by its compliant back for climbing walls.

Tankbot: A tank based wall climbing robot.

Wormbot: A modular robot for wall climbing.

Gecko-Inspired Fiber Adhesives

Molding Process: Molding techniques for micro and nano gecko foot hairs.

Directed Self-Assembly: Directed Self-Assembly of Synthetic Gecko Foot-Hairs.

Lithographic MEMS Process: Photolithography techniques for micro and nano gecko foot hairs.

Adhesion Force Characterization: Force characterization for synthetic gecko hair for optimal hair design.

Beetle-Inspired Adhesives: Utilizing liquids for better adhesion.

Miniature Medical Robots

Therapeutic Capsule Endoscopes: A new controllable device for minimally invasive interventions.

Micro/Nano-Manipulation

Tip-directed Field-emission Assisted Nanofabrication (TFAN): Precise and fast manipulation of surfaces using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) principles.

Telenano: Human nanoscale interaction.

nanoFibers: 3 dimensional micro/nano-wire fabrication.

Micro-Assembly: Precise positioning of micro particles.

Nano-Manipulation Modeling: Modeling for Assembly of nano particles.