Spinning-enabled wireless amphibious origami millirobot

Qiji Ze; Shuai Wu; Jize Dai; Sophie Leanza; Gentaro Ikeda; Phillip C. Yang; Gianluca Iaccarino; Ruike Renee Zhao

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30802-w

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Spinning-enabled wireless amphibious origami millirobot

Qiji Ze,
Shuai Wu,
Jize Dai,
Sophie Leanza,
Gentaro Ikeda,
Phillip C. Yang,
Gianluca Iaccarino,
Ruike Renee Zhao

Affiliations

Qiji Ze: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Shuai Wu: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Jize Dai: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Sophie Leanza: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Gentaro Ikeda: Stanford Cardiovascular Institute and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
Phillip C. Yang: Stanford Cardiovascular Institute and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
Gianluca Iaccarino: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Ruike Renee Zhao: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30802-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Wireless millirobots are promising as minimally invasive biomedical devices. Here, the authors design a magnetically actuated amphibious millirobot that integrates spinning-enabled locomotion, targeted drug delivery, and cargo transportation by utilizing geometrical features and folding/unfolding capability of the Kresling origami.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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