科技新知_Tiny Robots_董泱佃

Swarm robot

Kilobots

Kilobots features:

Small (33mm in diameter)

Vibration motor controlling (255 different levels)

Neighbor-to-neighbor distance sensing (7cm)

Ambient light sensing

RGB LED

Rechargeable battery

Command Interface (control hundreds of robots in one time)

structure:

 

Zooids

Zooids features:

Small (26 mm in diameter, 21 mm in height)

Motor driven wheels

Flexible electrode for capacitive touch sensing

RGB LED

Rechargeable battery

Communicates with the computer (have some modes)

Zooids structure:

Origami Robot

•      Features:

–        Light weight (0.34g)

–        Small (1cm*1cm)

–        Action depend on magnetic fields

–        Trigger in Heating

–        Self-dissolving body in the liquid

•      Structure:

–        Self-folding plastic sheet

–        Permanent magnet

Soft robot

Features:

Triggered by chemical reaction

No hardware inside

Eight minutes on one milliliter of fuel

Structure:

Eight pneumatic tubes

Two reservoirs

Microfluidic controller