Bioinspired aquatic microrobot capable of walking on water surface like a water strider

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2630-2636

  Zhang, Xinbin ^a   Zhao, Jie ^a   Zhu, Qing ^a   Chen, Ning ^a   Zhang, Mingwen ^a   Pan, Qinmin ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

bionic aquatic microrobot; mechanism; numerical model; supporting force; walking on water surface; water strider like

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER SURFACES; AQUATIC INSECTS; BIO-INSPIRED; EASY FABRICATION; LOW COSTS; MICRO ROBOTS; MOTION CHARACTERISTICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; POLLUTION MONITORING; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; SUPPORTING FORCE; WATER CONTACT ANGLE; WATER QUALITY SURVEILLANCE; WATER STRIDERS; WATER SURFACE;

CONTACT ANGLE; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; DC MOTORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

PHASE INTERFACES;

WATER;

ARTICLE; ROBOTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ROBOTICS; WATER;

EID: 80053622687     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am200382g     Document Type: Article

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