Welcome to the Harvard Microrobotics Lab

Our research focuses on all aspects of mobile microrobot design, fabrication, control, and analysis. Expertise in microfabrication and microsystem design combined with insights from nature enable us to create high-performance microrobots for aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments. Such systems can be used for search and rescue, hazardous environment exploration, environmental monitoring, and reconnaissance.

The lab was founded within the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences by Prof. Robert Wood and contains some of the world's leading facilties for the creation of articulated and actuated devices with feature sizes ranging from micron to centimeter.

 

 

 

News updates:

• Prof. Wood has won the NSF CAREER award! (4/2008)
• The work of the Harvard Microrobotics Lab is featured as the cover story of the March issue of IEEE Spectrum. See media coverage for more information (3/2008)
• The Harvard Microrobotic Fly will be part of an upcoming exhibit in the New York Museum of Modern Art. See media coverage for more information (2/2008)
• Graduate student positions now open. For details, click here (1/2008)
• The Harvard Microrobotics Lab wins best video AND best paper awards at the 2007 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (10/2007)
• The fly has taken flight! Check out video and media coverage (5/2007)