The quest for an advanced soft robotic actuator technology that is fast and can execute a wide range of application-specific tasks at multiple length scales still ongoing. Here, we demonstrate new design manufacturing strategy leads to high-speed inflatable actuators exhibiting diverse movements. Our approach leverages the concept miniaturisation reduce required volume fluid actuation as well f...

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This paper presents a strategy for testing future generations of wafer-level packaged logic devices that have nanoscale I/O structures. The strategy assumes that the devices incorporate built-in self test (BIST) features so that only a subset of the functional I/O needs to be directly accessed during testing. A miniature tester is described that provides test control, pattern sequencing, and cr...

To safely and efficiently guide search and rescue operations in disaster areas, gathering of relevant information such as the locations of victims, must occur swiftly. Using the concept of “repellent virtual pheromones” inspired by insect colony coordination behaviors, miniature robots can be quickly dispersed to survey a disaster site. Assisted by visual servoing, dispersion of the miniature r...