Research Tools
- Prototyping Folded Robots
- Microlaze and Thermojet
- Tactile Sensor Construction
- Pneumatic Tactile Display Fabrication
- Laser Micromachining
- Orthotweezers
- Synthetic Gecko Adhesion Bibliography
- Do-it-yourself gecko tape (ages 13 and up)
- ImageProc dsPIC33F CPU board for robot control
- OpenRoACH 15 cm cardboard robot (on GitHub)
- OpenRoACH 1.1 with electronics, code, BoM
- open source tracked robot with Linux/ROS.
- miniature BLDC motor driver board and code
Theses
EECS PhD Theses
(list of PhD dissertations)EECS MS Reports
(list of MS Reports)- Tiffany Cappellari, ``Manipulation of Objects with Tethers and Millirobots'' MS EECS May 2021. MSReport (pdf)
- M.D. Berkemeier, ``Nonlinear Control of Two-Link Hopping Robot'' PhD EECS 1993, PhD Thesis (pdf)
- E.J. Nicolson, ``Tactile Sensing and Control of a Planar Manipulator'' PhD EECS 1994, PhD Thesis (pdf)
- K.H. Chiang, ``Limits on Microvalve Design'' PhD EECS 2000, PhD Thesis (pdf)
- G. Moy, ``Bidigital Teletaction System Design and Performance'' PhD EECS 2002, PhD Thesis (pdf)
- Robert J. Wood, ``Composite Microstructures, Microactuators and Sensors for Biologically Inspired Micro Air Vehicles,'' PhD EECS 2004, PhD Thesis (pdf)
- Srinath Avadhanula, ``Design, Fabrication and Control of the Micromechanical Flying Insect,'' PhD ME 2006. PhD Thesis (pdf)
- Ranjana Sahai, ``Rapid prototyping of Robotic Structures on a Centimeter Scale,'' PhD ME 2006.
- Jongho Lee, ``Biologically Inspired Synthetic Gecko Adhesive from Hard Polymer Microfiber Arrays,'' PhD ME 2008. PhD Thesis (pdf)
- Aaron Hoover, ``Design of Minimally Actuated Legged Milli-Robots Using Compliant Mechanisms and Folding,'' PhD ME 2010. PhD Thesis (pdf)
- Nicholas J. Kohut, ``Inertial and Aerodynamic Tail Steering of a Meso-scale Legged Robot,'' PhD ME May 2013, PhD Thesis (pdf)
- Andrew G. Gillies, ``Challenges for Synthetic Gecko Adhesives: Roughness, Fouling, and Wear,'' PhD Thesis (ME) Dec. 2013. PhD Thesis (pdf)
- Duncane W. Haldane, ``Rapid and Agile Locomotion with Power-dense Millirobots,'' PhD Thesis (ME) May 2017. PhD Thesis (pdf)
- Jessica S. Lee, ``Increased Millirobot Traction in Running and Jumping through Leg Spines'' PhD Thesis (ME) May 2018. PhD Thesis (pdf)
- Carlos S. Casarez, ``Tail-Augmented Self-Righting and Turning of a Dynamic Legged Millirobot,'' PhD Thesis (ME) August 2018. PhD Thesis (pdf)
Lab Facilities
 Prototype processing area |
 Laser micromachining system |
 Arena for ambulation testing |
 Precision force/displacement testing station |