Reduced rotational flows enable the translation of surface-rolling microrobots in confined spaces
The effect of geometrical confinement on the locomotion of microrobots is crucial to operating them in real-world applications. Bozuyuk et al. show that the locomotion efficiency of microrollers decreases in confined spaces at high rotation frequencies and propose a slender geometry to overcome this...
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author | Ugur Bozuyuk Amirreza Aghakhani Yunus Alapan Muhammad Yunusa Paul Wrede Metin Sitti |
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description | The effect of geometrical confinement on the locomotion of microrobots is crucial to operating them in real-world applications. Bozuyuk et al. show that the locomotion efficiency of microrollers decreases in confined spaces at high rotation frequencies and propose a slender geometry to overcome this problem. |
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spelling | doaj.art-cafacea9cb204947aed6819a9c1bb4d32022-12-22T03:26:20ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232022-10-0113111210.1038/s41467-022-34023-zReduced rotational flows enable the translation of surface-rolling microrobots in confined spacesUgur Bozuyuk0Amirreza Aghakhani1Yunus Alapan2Muhammad Yunusa3Paul Wrede4Metin Sitti5Physical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsPhysical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsPhysical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsPhysical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsPhysical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsPhysical Intelligence Department, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsThe effect of geometrical confinement on the locomotion of microrobots is crucial to operating them in real-world applications. Bozuyuk et al. show that the locomotion efficiency of microrollers decreases in confined spaces at high rotation frequencies and propose a slender geometry to overcome this problem.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34023-z |
spellingShingle | Ugur Bozuyuk Amirreza Aghakhani Yunus Alapan Muhammad Yunusa Paul Wrede Metin Sitti Reduced rotational flows enable the translation of surface-rolling microrobots in confined spaces Nature Communications |
title | Reduced rotational flows enable the translation of surface-rolling microrobots in confined spaces |
title_full | Reduced rotational flows enable the translation of surface-rolling microrobots in confined spaces |
title_fullStr | Reduced rotational flows enable the translation of surface-rolling microrobots in confined spaces |
title_full_unstemmed | Reduced rotational flows enable the translation of surface-rolling microrobots in confined spaces |
title_short | Reduced rotational flows enable the translation of surface-rolling microrobots in confined spaces |
title_sort | reduced rotational flows enable the translation of surface rolling microrobots in confined spaces |
url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34023-z |
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