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Journal Articles

  1. R. Long, C.-Y. Hui, S. Kim, and M. Sitti, "Modeling the Soft Backing Layer Thickness Effect on Adhesion of Elastic Microfiber Arrays," Journal of Applied Physics, 2008, in press.
  2. B. Sumer and M. Sitti, ''Rolling and Spinning Friction Characterization of Fine Particles using Lateral Force Microscopy based Contact Pushing,'' Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, in press.
  3. E. Cheung and M. Sitti, ''Adhesion of Biologically Inspired Oil-Coated Polymer Micropillars,'' Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, in press.
  4. S. Kim, B. Aksak, and M. Sitti, ''Enhanced Friction of Polymer Microfiber Adhesives with Spatulate Tips,'' Applied Physics Letters, vol. 91, no. 22, pp. 221913-15, 2007.
  5. S. Kim, M. Sitti, C.Y. Hui, R. Long, and A. Jagota, ''Effect of Soft Backing Layer Thickness on Adhesion of Single-Level Elastomer Fiber Arrays,'' Applied Physics Letters, vol. 91, pp. 161905-7, 2007.
  6. M. Murphy, B. Aksak, and M. Sitti, ''Adhesion and Anisotropic Friction Enhancement of Angled Heterogeneous Micro-Fiber Arrays with Spherical and Spatula Tips,'' Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, vol. 21, no. 12-13, pp. 1281-1296, 2007.
  7. B. Aksak, M. Sitti, A. Cassell, J. Li, M. Meyyappan, and P. Callen, ''Friction of Partially Embedded Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers inside Elastomers,'' Applied Physics Letters, vol. 91, pp. 061906-8, July 2007. Also appeared on the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, vol. 16, no. 8, August 20, 2007.
  8. P. Glass, M. Sitti, and R. Appasamy, ''A new biomimetic adhesive for therapeutic capsule endoscope applications in the gastrointestinal tract,'' Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, vol. 65, no. 5, pp. AB91-AB91, Apr. 2007.
  9. B. Behkam and M. Sitti, ''Bacterial Flagella-Based Propulsion and On/Off Motion Control of Microscale Objects,'' Applied Physics Letters, vol. 90, pp. 23902-23904, 14 Jan. 2007. Also appeared on the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, vol. 15, no. 2, January 15, 2007.
  10. M. Sitti, ''Micro- and Nanoscale Robotics,'' IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 53-60, March 2007.
  11. B. Aksak, M. Murphy, and M. Sitti, ''Adhesion of Biologically Inspired Vertical and Angled Polymer Microfiber Arrays,'' Langmuir, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 3322-3332, March 13, 2007.
  12. A. Tafazzoli, C.-M. Cheng, C. Pawashe, E. K. Sabo, L. Trofin, M. Sitti, and P. R. LeDuc, ''Subfeature patterning of organic and inorganic materials using robotic assembly,'' Journal of Materials Research, 2007, Journal of Materials Research, Vol. 22, No. 6, 2007.
  13. Y. S. Song and M. Sitti, ''Surface Tension Driven Biologically Inspired Water Strider Robots: Theory and Experiments,'' IEEE Trans. on Robotics, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 578-589, June 2007.
  14. B. Behkam and M. Sitti, ''Bacterial Flagella-Based Propulsion and On/Off Motion Control of Microscale Objects,'' Applied Physics Letters, 90 (2):1-3. pdf.
  15. M. Murphy and M. Sitti, ''Waalbot: An Agile Small-Scale Wall Climbing Robot Utilizing Pressure Sensitive Adhesives,'' IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 330-338, June 2007.
  16. C. D. Onal and M. Sitti, ''Visual Servoing Based Autonomous 2D Manipulation of Microparticles using a Nanoprobe,'' IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Technology, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 842-852, Sept. 2007.
  17. K. Song, V. Kartik, J, Wickert, and M. Sitti, ''An Ultrasonic Standing-Wave-Actuated Nano-Positioning Walking Robot: PZT-Metal Composite Beam Modeling,'' Journal of Vibration and Control, vol. 12, no. 12, pp. 1293-1309, 2006. pdf
  18. S. Kim and M. Sitti, ''Biologically Inspired Polymer Microfibers with Spatulae Tips as Repeatable Fibrillar Adhesives,'' Applied Physics Letters, vol. 89, no. 26, pp. 26911-13, 27 Dec. 2006. pdf
  19. A. Nain, J. Wong, C. Amon, and M. Sitti, ''Drawing suspended polymer micro/nanofibers using glass micropipettes,'' Applied Physics Letters, vol. 89, no.18, pp. 183105-7, 2006. Also appeared on the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, vol. 14, no. 20, November 13, 2006. pdf
  20. J. Kwon, E. Cheung, S. Park, and M. Sitti, ''Friction Enhancement via Micro-Patterned Wet Elastomer Adhesives on Small Intestinal Surfaces,'' Biomedical Materials, vol. 1, pp. 216-220, 2006. pdf
  21. C. Menon and M. Sitti, ''Biologically Inspired Adhesion based Climbing Robots,'' Journal of Bionic Engineering, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 115-126, Sept 2006.
  22. C. Pawashe and M. Sitti, ''Two-Dimensional Vision-Based Autonomous Microparticle Assembly using Nanoprobes,'' Journal of Micromechatronics, vol. 3, no. 3-5, pp. 285-306, 2006. pdf
  23. W. Vogl, B. Ma, and M. Sitti, ''Augmented Reality User Interface for an Atomic Force Microscope based Nanorobotic System,'' IEEE Trans. on Nanotechnology, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 397-406, 2006. pdf
  24. A. Nain, C. Amon, and M. Sitti, ''Proximal Probes based Nanorobotic Drawing of Polymer Micro/Nanofibers,'' IEEE Trans. on Nanotechnology, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 499-510, Sept. 2006. pdf
  25. S. G. Kim and M. Sitti, ''Task-Based and Stable Tele-Nanomanipulation in a Nanoscale Virtual Environment,'' IEEE Trans. on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 240-247, July 2006. pdf
  26. B. Behkam and M. Sitti, ''Design Methodology for Biomimetic Propulsion of Miniature Swimming Robots,'' ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, vol. 128, issue: 1, pp. 36-43, March 2006. pdf
  27. B. Yang, B. Aksak, Q. Lin, and M. Sitti, ''Compliant and Low-Cost Humidity Nanosensors using Nano-Porous Polymer Membranes,'' Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 114, no. 1, pp. 254-262, 30 March 2006. pdf
  28. K. Castelino, S. Satyanarayana, and M. Sitti, ''Manufacturing Two- and Three-Dimensional Micro/Nanostructures by Integrating Optical Tweezers with Chemical Assembly,'' Robotica, vol. 23, pp. 435-439, 2005. pdf
  29. S. Suhr, Y. Song, S. Lee, and M. Sitti, ''Biologically Inspired Water Strider Robot,'' Robotics: Science and Systems, MIT, Boston, June 2005. pdf
  30. M. Sitti, ''Nanotribological characterization system by AFM probe based controlled pushing,'' IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 343-349, June 2004.
  31. M. Sitti,''Atomic Force Microscope Probe based Controlled Pushing for Nano-Tribological Characterization,'' IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, vol. 8, no. 3, Sept. 2003. pdf
  32. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, ''Teleoperated touch feedback of surfaces at the nanoscale: Modeling and experiments,'' IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 287-298, June 2003. pdf
  33. M. Sitti and R. S. Fearing, ''Synthetic gecko foot-hair micro/nano-structures as dry adhesives,'' Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 1055-1074, June 2003. pdf
  34. M. Sitti, B. Aruk, K. Shintani, and H. Hashimoto, ''Scaled teleoperation system for nanoscale interaction and manipulation,'' Advanced Robotics, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 275-291, 2003. pdf
  35. M. Sitti, ''Piezoelectrically actuated four-bar mechanism with two flexible links for micromechanical flying insect thorax,'' IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 26-36, March 2003. pdf
  36. D. Campolo, M. Sitti, and R.S. Fearing, ''Efficient charge recovery method for driving piezoelectric actuators in low power applications,'' IEEE Trans. on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 237-244, 2003. pdf
  37. K. Autumn, M. Sitti, Y. A. Liang, A. Peattie, W. Hansen, S. Sponberg, T. Kenny, R. Fearing, J. Israelachvili & R. J. Full, ''Evidence for van der Waals attachment for geckos,'' PNAS, vol. 99, no. 19, pp. 12252-12256, 17 Sept. 2002. pdf
  38. J. Yan, M. Dickinson, J. Birch, M. Sitti, T. Su, and R. Fearing, ''Wing transmission for a micro- mechanical flying insect'', Journal of Micromechatronics, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 221-237, 2002.
  39. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, ''Controlled pushing of nanoparticles: Modeling and experiments,'' IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 199-211, 2000. pdf
  40. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, ''Two-dimensional fine particle positioning under optical microscope using a piezoresistive cantilever as a manipulator,'' Journal of Micromechatronics, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 25-48, 2000.
  41. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, ''Macro to nano tele-manipulation towards nanoelectromechanical systems,'' Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, pp. 209-217, vol. 12, no. 3, June 2000. pdf
  42. S. Horiguchi, M. Sitti, and H. Hashimoto, ''Investigation of virtual reality interface for AFM-based nanomanipulation,'' IEEJ Trans. on Electronics, Information and Systems (C), pp. 1948-1956, Dec. 2000 (in Japanese).
  43. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, ''Tele-nanorobotics using atomic force microscope as a robot and sensor,'' Advanced Robotics, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 417-436, 1999.
  44. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, ''Micro/Nanomanipulation using atomic force microscope,'' Journal of Industrial Science Research, University of Tokyo, vol. 51, no. 8, pp. 31-33, 1999.
  45. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, ''Virtual reality-based teleoperation in the micro/nano world,'' Journal of Industrial Science Research, University of Tokyo, vol. 51, no. 8, pp. 34-36, 1999.



Reviewed Conference Proceedings

  1. S. Kim, J.-H. Jang, M. Sitti, and E. Thomas, "Fabrication of gecko foot inspired elastomer nanofibers with spatulate tips," IEEE Nanotechnology, 2008, to appear.
  2. S. Kim, and M. Sitti, "Fabrication and characterization of biologically inspired mushroom-shaped elastomer microfiber arrays," ASME IDETC Micro/Nano Systems, 2008, to appear.
  3. S. Kim and M. Sitti, "Fabrication and characterization of biologically Inspired microfiber arrays with spatulate tips," International Conference on Micromanufacturing, 2008, to appear.
  4. Y. S. Song and M. Sitti, ''STRIDE: A Highly Maneuverable and Non-Tethered Water Strider Robot,'' Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, Rome, Italy, April 2007, in press.
  5. Nicholas A. Lynch, Eugenio Schuster, and Metin Sitti, ''A Strategy for Vision-Based Controlled Pushing of Microparticles,'' Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, Rome, Italy, April 2007, in press.
  6. A. S. Nain, F. Chung, M. Rule, J. A. Jadlowiec, P. G. Campbell, C. Amon, and M. Sitti, ''Microrobotically Fabricated Biological Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering,'' Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, Rome, Italy, April 2007, in press.
  7. M. Murphy, B. Aksak, and M. Sitti, ''Adhesion Behavior of Vertical and Aligned Polymer Microfibers,'' Proc. of the Adhesion Society Symposium, Florida, Feb. 2007, in press.
  8. M. Murphy, W. Tso, M. Tanzini, and M. Sitti, ''Waalbot: An Agile Small-Scale Wall Climbing Robot Utilizing Pressure Sensitive Adhesives,'' Proc. of the IEEE/RSJ Intelligent Robot Systems Conference, pp. 3411-16, Beijing, China, Nov. 2006. pdf
  9. S. Floyd, T. Keegan, and M. Sitti, ''A Novel Water Running Robot Inspired by Basilisk Lizards,'' Proc. of the IEEE/RSJ Intelligent Robot Systems Conference, pp. 5430-36, Beijing, China, Nov. 2006. pdf
  10. B. Behkam and M. Sitti, ''Towards Hybrid Swimming Microrobots: Propulsion by an Array of Bacteria,'' Proc. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Conference, pp. 2421-2424, New York, August 2006. pdf
  11. O. Unver, A. Uneri, A. Aydemir, and M. Sitti, ''Geckobot: A Gecko Inspired Climbing Robot using Dry Adhesives,'' Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, pp. 2329-2335, Orlando, FL, May 2006. pdf
  12. Y. S. Song, S. Suhr, and M. Sitti, ''Modeling of the Supporting Legs for Designing Biomimetic Water Strider Robots,'' Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, pp. 2303-2310, Orlando, FL, May 2006. pdf
  13. A. Tafazzoli, C. Pawashe, and M. Sitti, ''Force-Controlled Microcontact Printing using Microassembled Particle Templates,'' Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, pp. 263-268, Orlando, FL, May 2006. pdf
  14. A. Tafazzoli and M. Sitti, ''Soft microcontact printing with force control using microrobotic assembly based templates,'' Proc. of the IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control, pp. 500-505, March 2006. pdf
  15. M. E. Karagozler, E. Cheung, and M. Sitti, ''Stopping and Locomotion Mechanism for an Endoscopic Microcapsule Robot,'' Proc. of the IEEE/EMBS Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics Conference, pp. 105-111, Pisa, Italy, Feb. 2006.
  16. A. Tafazzoli, C. Pawashe, and M. Sitti, ''Atomic force microscope based two-dimensional assembly of micro/nanoparticles,'' Proc. of the IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Task Planning, pp. 230-235, Montreal, Canada, July 2005. pdf
  17. B. Behkam and M. Sitti, "Modeling and Testing of a Biomimetic Flagellar Propulsion Method for Microscale Biomedical Swimming Robots,'' Proc. of the Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Conference, pp. 37-42, Monterey, CA, USA, July 2005. pdf
  18. E. Cheung, M. E. Karagozler, S. Park, B. Kim, and M. Sitti, ''A New Endoscopic Microcapsule Robot using Beetle Inspired Microfibrillar Adhesives,'' Proc. of the Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Conference, pp. 551-557, Monterey, CA, USA, July 2005.
  19. K. Song, V. Kartik, J, Wickert, and M. Sitti, ''A Piezoelectric Unimorph Actuator based Precision Positioning Miniature Walking Robot,'' Proc. of the Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Conference, pp. 176-182, Monterey, CA, USA, July 2005.
  20. A. Nain, C. Amon, and M. Sitti, ''Polymer Micro/Nanofiber Fabrication using Micro/Nanopipettes,'' Proc. of the IEEE Nanotechnology Conference, pp. 366-369, Nagoya, Japan, July 2005.
  21. C. Menon and M. Sitti, ''Gecko Inspired Climbing Robots,'' Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, pp. 2715-2720, Barcelona, Spain, April 2005.
  22. B. Behkam and M. Sitti, "E. Coli inspired propulsion for swimming microrobots,'' Proc. of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Conference, Anaheim, CA-November 13-19, 2004. pdf
  23. A. Tafazzoli and M. Sitti, ''Dynamic behavior and simulation of nanoparticle sliding during nanoprobe-based pushing,'' Proc. of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Conference, CA, Nov. 2004. pdf
  24. B. Yang, S. Liu, M. Sitti, and Q. Lin, ''Humidity Sensor using Nanopore Membranes,'' ASME IMECE 2004, CA, Nov. 2004.
  25. C. Menon, M. Murphy, and M. Sitti, ''WaalBots: Miniature Wall Climbing Robots for Space Applications,'' Proc. of the International Astronautical Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 4-8 October 2004. pdf
  26. C. Menon, M. Murphy, and M. Sitti, ''Gecko Inspired Climbing Robots,'' Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Biomimetics Conference, pp. 431-436, Shenyang, China, Aug. 2004. (Best Biomimetics Paper Award) pdf
  27. G. Shah and M. Sitti, ''Modeling and Design of Biomimetic Adhesives Inspired by Gecko Foot-Hairs,'' Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Biomimetics Conference, Shenyang, China, Aug. 2004. pdf
  28. W. Vogl, M. F. Zah, and M. Sitti, ''Nanomanipulation with 3D Visual and Force Feedback using Atomic Force Microscopes,'' Proc. of the IEEE Nanotechnology Conference, Munich, Aug. 2004. (Best Paper Nomination)
  29. A. Tafazzoli and M. Sitti, ''Dynamic Modes of Nanoparticle Motion During Nanoprobe-based Manipulation,'' Proc. of the IEEE Nanotechnology Conference, Munich, Aug. 2004. pdf
  30. M. Sitti, ''Micro- and Nano-Scale Robotics,'' Proc. of the American Control Conference, ACC’04, pp. 1-9, Boston, June 2004.
  31. M. Sitti, ''Nanorobotic Manipulation Systems using Atomic Force Microscope,'' Proc. of the IEEE Mechatronics Conference, Turkey, June 2004.
  32. W. Vogl, M. Sitti, M. Ehrenstrasser, and M.F. Zäh, ''Augmented Reality User Interface for Nanomanipulation using an Atomic Force Microscope,'' Proc. of the EuroHaptics Conference, Munich, Germany, 5-7 June 2004.
  33. A. Nain and M. Sitti, ''Micro/Nano Polymer Fiber Manufacturing using Atomic Force Microscope: Key steps to Nano-manufacturing'', Proc. of the IEEE Mechatronics Conference, Turkey, June 2004.
  34. A. Nain, D. Goldman, and M. Sitti, ''Three-Dimensional Nanoscale Manipulation and Manufacturing using Proximal Probes: Controlled Pulling of Polymer Micro/Nanofibers'', Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA, April 26, 2004. (Best Manipulation Paper Nomination)
  35. M. Sitti, ''Teleoperated and Task-Based Control of Nanorobotic Manipulation Systems,'' Proc. of the ASME Congress, IMpp. 42713-42718, Washington DC, Oct. 2003.
  36. M. Sitti, ''High Aspect Ratio Nanostructure Manufacturing using Nanoembossing, Nanomolding and Directed Self-Assembly,'' Proc. of the ASME Congress, IMpp. 42787-42792, Washington DC, Oct. 2003. pdf
  37. M. Sitti, ''Teleoperated and Automatic Control of Nanomanipulation Systems using Atomic Force Microscope Probes,'' Proc. of the IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, Dec. 2003. (Invited Paper) pdf
  38. J. Edd, S. Payen, M. Sitti, M.L. Stoller, and B. Rubinsky, ''Biomimetic Propulsion Mechanism for a Swimming Surgical Micro-Robot,'' Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 2583-88, Las Vegas, USA, Oct. 2003. pdf
  39. M. Sitti and R. S. Fearing, ''Synthetic Gecko Foot-Hair Micro/Nano-Structures as Dry Adhesives for Future Wall-Climbing Robots,'' IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, pp. 1164-1170, Taiwan, September 2003. pdf
  40. K. Castelino, S. Satyanarayana, and M. Sitti, ''Manufacturing Two- and Three-Dimensional Micro/Nanostructures by Integrating Optical Tweezers with Chemical Assembly,'' IEEE Nanotechnology Conference, pp. 56-59, San Francisco, USA, August 2003. pdf
  41. A. Nain and M. Sitti, ''3-D Nanoscale Manufacturing by Nanoprobes based Controlled Pulling of Liquid Polymers,'' IEEE Nanotechnology Conference, pp. 60-63, San Francisco, USA, August 2003. pdf
  42. M. Sitti and R. S. Fearing, ''Nanomolding based Fabrication of Synthetic Gecko Foot-Hair Micro/Nanostructures,'' IEEE Nanotechnology Conference, pp. 137-140, Washington, DC, USA, August 2002. pdf
  43. J. Yan, S. Avadhanula, J. Birch, M. Dickinson, M. Menon, E. Park, T.D. Sands, S.Sane, M. Sitti, T. Su, R.J. Wood, and R.S. Fearing, ''The Micromechanical Flying Insect'', Video Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, Washington, USA, May 2002. (Best Video Award)
  44. M. Sitti, ''Survey of Nanomanipulation Systems,'' IEEE Nanotechnology Conference, pp. 75-80, Maui, USA, Nov. 2001. pdf
  45. M. Sitti, ''Nanotribological Characterization System by AFM Based Controlled Pushing,'' IEEE Nanotechnology Conference, pp. 99-104, Maui, USA, Nov. 2001.
  46. B. Aruk, M. Sitti, and H. Hashimoto, ''Human-Machine Interface for Nanomanipulation with AFM Probe,'' IEEE Nanotechnology Conference, pp. 151-156, Maui, USA, Nov. 2001.
  47. J. Yan, S. Avadhanula, M. Sitti, R.J. Wood, and R.S. Fearing, ''Thorax Design and Wing Control for a Micromechanical Flying Insect'', Proc. of the 39th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL. Oct 3-5, 2001. (Invited Paper)
  48. M. Sitti, ''PZT Actuated Four-Bar Mechanism with Two Flexible Links for Micromechanical Flying Insect Thorax,'' Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, pp. 3893-3900, Korea, May 2001.
  49. M. Sitti, D. Campolo, J. Yan, R.S. Fearing, T. Su, D. Taylor, and T. Sands, ''Development of PZT/PZN-PT Unimorph Actuators for Micromechanical Flapping Mechanisms,'' Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, pp. 3839-3846, Korea, May 2001.
  50. M. Sitti, B. Aruk, K. Shintani, and H. Hashimoto, ''Development of a Scaled Teleoperation System for Nano Scale Interaction and Manipulation,'' Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, pp. 860-867, Korea, May 2001. (Best Student Paper Nomination).
  51. J. Yan, R. Wood, S. Avandhanula, D. Campolo, M. Sitti, and R. Fearing, ''Towards Flapping Wing Control for a Micromechanical Flying Insect,'' Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, pp. 3901-3908, Korea, May 2001.
  52. B. Aruk, H. Shintani, H. Hashimoto and M. Sitti, ''Man-Machine Interface for Micro/Nano Manipulation,'' Int. Symp. on Robotics, Korea, April 2001.
  53. R. S. Fearing, K. Chiang, M. Dickinson, D. Pick, M. Sitti and J. Yan, ''Wing Transmission for a Micromechanical Flying Insect,'' Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, pp. 1509-15, San Francisco, USA, Apr. 2000. (Best Paper Nomination)
  54. M. Sitti, S. Horiguchi, and H. Hashimoto, ''Tele-Touch Feedback of Elastically Deformable Surfaces at the Micro/Nano Scale: Modeling and Experiments,'' Proc. of the IEEE/RSJ Intelligent Robots and Systems Conference, pp. 882-888, IROS’99, Korea, Nov. 1999.pdf
  55. H. Shintani, M. Sitti, K. Hirahara, and H. Hashimoto, ''Force Display Method for Teleoperation Using Scanning Probe Microscope,'' Human Machine Symposium, Osaka, Japan, Oct. 1999 (in Japanese).
  56. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, ''Force-Controlled Pushing of Nano Particles: Modeling and Experiments,'' IEEE/ASME Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Conference, pp. 19-26, Atlanta, USA, Sept. 1999.
  57. M. Sitti, S. Horiguchi, and H. Hashimoto, ''Tele-Nanorobotics 2-D Manipulation of Micro/Nano Particles Using Atomic Force Microscope,'' Video Proceedings of IEEE/ASME Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Conference, Atlanta, USA, Sept. 1999.
  58. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, ''Pushing Micro/Nano Scale Particles on Substrates Using Atomic Force Microscope Probe Towards Tribological Characterization of Particle-Substrate Interfaces,'' STM’99 Conference, Korea, July 1999.
  59. S. Horiguchi, M. Sitti, and H. Hashimoto, ''Visualization Interface for AFM-based Nano Manipulation,'' Proc. of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference, Slovenia, pp. 310-315, July 1999.

  60. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, ''Two-Dimensional Fine Particle Positioning Using a Piezoresistive Cantilever as a Micro/Nano-Manipulator,'' Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, Detroit, USA, pp. 2729-2735, May 1999.
  61. M. Sitti, K. Hirahara, and H. ''2-D Micro Particle Assembly using Atomic Force Microscope,'' Proc. of the IEEE Micromechatronics and Human Systems Conference, pp. 143-148, Nagoya, Japan, Nov. 1998.
  62. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto,''Manipulation of the Micro/Nano Particles at the Interface of Micro and Nano Worlds,'' France-Japan Workshop on Nano to Macroscale Science and Technology through Microsystems, Toulouse, France, p. 90, Nov. 1998.
  63. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, ''Tele-Nanorobotics Using Atomic Force Microscope,'' Proc. of the IEEE/RSJ Int. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS’98, pp. 1739-1746, Victoria, Canada, Oct. 1998. (Best Paper Award) pdf
  64. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, ''Macro to Nano Tele-Manipulation through Nanoelectromechanical Systems,'' Proc. of the IEEE Ind. Electronics Conference, pp. 98-103, Aachen, Germany, Sept. 1998.
  65. S. Horiguchi, M. Sitti, and H. Hashimoto, ''Virtual Reality User Interface for Teleoperated Nanometer Scale Object Manipulation'', Proc. of 7th IEEE Int. Workshop on Robot and Human Communication, Takamatsu, Japan, pp.142-147, Sept. 1998.
  66. M. Sitti, S. Horiguchi and H. Hashimoto, ''Nano Tele-Manipulation Using Virtual Reality Interface,'' Proc. of the IEEE Int. Symp. on Industrial Electronics, pp. 171-176, Pretoria, S. Africa, July 1998.
  67. M. Sitti, I. Bozma, and A. Denker, ''Visual Tracking For Moving Multiple Objects: An Integration of Vision and Control,'' IEEE Int. Symp. on Industrial Electronics, ISIE'95, Athens, pp. 535-540, July 1995.
  68. M. Sitti, M. Ertugrul, and A. Denker, ''Coordination of Two Robots Using Visual Feedback,'' Int. Conference on Recent Advances on Mechatronics, pp. 615-620, Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 1995.



Other Conference Proceedings

  1. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, ''Teleoperated Micro/Nano Particle Manipulation using Atomic Force Microscope,'' RSJ Robotics and Mechatronics Conference, Tokyo, June 1999.
  2. S. Horiguchi, M. Sitti, and H. Hashimoto, ''3-D Nano Scale Tactile Feedback Interface,'' RSJ Robotics and Mechatronics Conference, Tokyo, June 1999.<
  3. M. Sitti, T. Ohashi, S. Horiguchi, and H. Hashimoto, ''Virtual Reality Simulator for Nano Scale Contact Feedback,'' RSJ Robotics and Mechatronics Conference, Tokyo, June 1999 (in Japanese).
  4. S. Horiguchi, Metin Sitti, and H. Hashimoto, ''Human Interface for Teleoperated Nano Scale Object Manipulation'', RSJ Robotics Conf, pp. 237-238, Sapporo, Japan, Sept. 1998 (in Japanese).
  5. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, ''Teleoperation Control for Nano Scale Object Manipulation'', RSJ Robotics Conference, pp. 1325-1326, Sapporo, Japan, Sept. 1998.
  6. M. Sitti, S. Horiguchi, and H. Hashimoto, ''Atomic Force Microscope-Based Tele-Manipulation System'', RSJ Robotics and Mechatronics Conference, pp. 1BIV1-5, Sendagi, June 1998.
  7. S. Horiguchi,, M. Sitti, and H. Hashimoto, ''Virtual Reality Graphics Interface for Nano Tele-Manipulation'', RSJ Robotics and Mechatronics Conf, pp. 1BIV1-6 (1)-(2), Sendagi, June 1998 (in Japanese).
  8. M. Sitti, M. Hoummady, and H. Hashimoto, ''Macro to Micro/Nano Manipulation Systems Through the Integration of Macro and Micro/Nano Mechatronics,'' IEEE-SMC Computational Eng. In Systems Applications, pp. 105-110, Tunusia, April 1998.
  9. H. Hashimoto and M. Sitti, ''Human-Machine Interfaces and Telerobotics,'' France-Japan Workshop on Nano to Macroscale Science and Technology through Microsystems, pp. 38, Tokyo, May 1997.
  10. M. Sitti, I. Bozma, and A. Denker, ''Visual Tracking,'' 2nd Int. Symp. on Mechatronics, Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 1995.
  11. F. Bagciogullari, C. Taskiran, M. Sitti, and M. Ertugrul, ''Recognition of Geometric Objects Moving on a Conveyor Belt, Grasping the Objects with a Robot Manipulator in Real-Time,'' 2nd Int. Symp. on Mechatronics, Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 1995.
  12. M. Sitti, ''Detecting Fabric Defects Using Computer Vision,'' 3rd Conference on Signal Processing and Applications, Antalya, Turkey, Apr. 1996 (in Turkish).<
  13. E. Gul, M. Sitti, A. Ercil, and B. Ozuyilmaz, ''A Parallel System Design For Quality Control of Painted Metallic Surfaces,'' 2nd Conference on Signal Processing and Applications, pp. 141-146, Nevsehir, Turkey, Apr. 1995 (in Turkish).
  14. M. Sitti, I. Bozma, and A. Denker, ''Picking Objects Moving on a Conveyor Belt Using Artificial Vision,'' 2nd Conference on Signal Processing and Applications, pp. 63-68, Nevsehir, Turkey, Apr. 1995 (in Turkish).
  15. M. Sitti, M. Ertugrul, and A. Denker, ''Coordination of Two Robots Using Visual Feedback,'' National Symp. on Industrial Automation, Istanbul, Apr. 1995 (in Turkish).


Sections or Chapters in Books

  1. M. Sitti and A. Requicha, ''Introduction to Nanorobotics'', IEEE Nanotechnology Handbook, ed. by Meyya Meyyappan, 2005 (to appear).
  2. M. Sitti, ''Micro/Nano-Scale Robotics,'' Electrical Engineering Handbook, Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Richard C. Dorf, 2005 (to appear).
  3. M. Sitti, ''Telerobotic Techniques for Nanoscale Interaction and Manipulation,'' MEMS/NEMS Handbook, ed. by Leondes, 2005 (to appear).
  4. M. Sitti, ''Prototyping for micro/nano-robot systems,'' IEEE Handbook on Prototyping for Robotics and Automation, ed. by Kok-Meng Lee, C-I. Ming, and M. Sitti, 2005 (to appear).
  5. R.S. Fearing, S. Avadhanula, D. Campolo, M. Sitti, J. Yan and R. Wood, ''A Micromechanical Flying Insect Thorax,'' Neurotechnology for Biomimetic Robots, pp. 469-480, MIT Press (2002).
  6. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, ''Teleoperated Nano Scale Object Manipulation,'' Recent Advances in Mechatronics, pp. 322-335, edited by O. Kaynak, S. Tosunoglu, and M.J. Ang, Springer Verlag Pub. (1999).
  7. M. Sitti, M. Hoummady, and H. Hashimoto, ''Trends on Mechatronics for Micro/Nano Telemanipulation: Survey and Requirements,'' IFAC Information Control in Manufacturing, edited by G. Morel and F. B. Vernadat, Elsevier Science Pub., UK, pp. 235-240 (1999).