Publications

2008

Fly, Robot Fly R.J. Wood, IEEE Spectrum, March, 2008. (invited)

Microrobot Design Using Fiber Reinforced Composites R.J. Wood, S. Avadhanula, R. Sahai, and R.S. Fearing, J. of Mechanical Design, vol. 130, no. 5, May, 2008.

The first takeoff of a biologically-inspired at-scale robotic insect R.J. Wood, IEEE Trans. on Robotics, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 341-347, April, 2008.

A Review of Actuation and Power Electronics Options for Flapping-Wing Robotic Insects, M. Karpelson and R.J. Wood, IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Pasadena, CA, May, 2008.

Design, fabrication and analysis of a body-caudal fin propulsion system for a microrobotic fish, K. Cho, E. Hawkes, C. Quinn, and R.J. Wood, IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Pasadena, CA, May, 2008.

2007

Design, fabrication, and analysis, of a 3DOF, 3cm flapping-wing MAV, R.J. Wood, IEEE/RSJ IROS, San Diego, CA, October, 2007.
Winner: Best paper award

Liftoff of a 60mg flapping-wing MAV, R.J. Wood, IEEE/RSJ IROS, San Diego, CA, October, 2007.

The first flight of an insect-sized robotic fly, R.J. Wood, IEEE/RSJ IROS, San Diego, CA, October, 2007 (video proceedings).
Winner: Best video award

Enabling Technologies and Subsystem Integration for an Autonomous Palm-Sized Glider, R.J. Wood, S. Avadhanula, E. Steltz, M. Seeman, J. Entwistle, A. Bachrach, G. Barrows, S. Sanders, and R.S. Fearing, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 82-91, June 2007

2006

Towards a 3g Crawling Robot through the Integration of Microrobot Technologies, R. Sahai, S. Avadhanula, R. Groff, E. Steltz, R. Wood, and R.S. Fearing, IEEE Int. Conf on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, FL, May 2006.

2005

Optimal Energy Density Piezoelectric Bending Actuators, R.J. Wood, E. Steltz, and R.S. Fearing, J. of Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol. 119, No. 2, pp. 476-488, 2005.

Design, fabrication and initial results of a 2g autonomous glider, R.J. Wood, S. Avadhanula, E. Steltz, M. Seeman, J. Entwistle, A. Bachrach, G. Barrows, S. Sanders, and R.S. Fearing, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Raleigh, NC, Nov. 2005.

Nonlinear Performance Limits for High Energy Density Piezoelectric Bending Actuators, R.J. Wood, E. Steltz, and R.S. Fearing, IEEE Int. Conf on Robotics and Automation, Barcelona, Spain, April 2005.

Characterization of the Micromechanical Flying Insect by Optical Position Sensing, E. Steltz, R.J. Wood, S. Avadhanula, and R.S. Fearing, IEEE Int. Conf on Robotics and Automation, Barcelona, Spain, April 2005.

2003

Lift Force Improvements for the Micromechanical Flying Insect, S. Avadhanula, R.J. Wood, E. Steltz, J Yan, R.S. Fearing, IEEE/RSJ IROS 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada, Oct. 2003.

Microrobotics Using Composite Materials: The Micromechanical Flying Insect Thorax, R.J. Wood, S. Avadhanula, M. Menon, R.S. Fearing, IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2003.

Biomimetic Sensor Suite for Flight Control of a Micromechanical Flying Insect: Design and Experimental Results, W.C. Wu, L. Schenato, R.J. Wood, R.S. Fearing, IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2003.

2002

A Micromechanical Flying Insect Thorax, R.S. Fearing, S. Avadhanula, D. Campolo, M. Sitti, J. Yan, and R. Wood, In “Neurotechnology for Biomimetic Robots”, J. Ayers, J.L. Davis, and A. Rudolph. The MIT Press, 2002, Cambridge, Massachusetts, pages 469-480.

The Micromechanical Flying Insect, J. Yan, S. Avadhanula, J. Birch, M. Dickinson, M. Menon, E. Park, T. Sands, S. Sane, M. Sitti, T. Su, R. Wood, and R. Fearing, Video presentation: IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Washington, DC May 11-15, 2002.
Winner: Best video award

2001

Halteres for the Micromechanical Flying Insect, W.C. Wu, R.J. Wood, R.S. Fearing, IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Washington, DC, May 11-15, 2002.

Dynamically Tuned Design of the MFI Thorax, S. Avadhanula, R.J. Wood, D. Campolo, R.S. Fearing, IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Washington, DC May 11-15, 2002.

Flight Force Measurements for a Micromechanical Flying Insect, R.J. Wood and R.S. Fearing, IEEE/RSJ IROS 2001, Maui, HI, Oct. 29- Nov. 3, 2001.

Thorax Design and Wing Control for a Micromechanical Flying Insect, J. Yan, S. Avadhanula, M. Sitti, R.J. Wood, and R.S. Fearing, Proc. of the 39th Annual Allerton Conf. on Communication, Control, and Computing (invited paper), Monticello, IL, Oct 3-5, 2001.

Towards Flapping Wing Control for a Micromechanical Flying Insect, J. Yan, R.J. Wood, S. Avadhanula, M. Sitti, R.S. Fearing, IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation, pp. 3901-3908, Seoul Korea, May 21-26, 2001.

2000

Prototyping Millirobots using Dextrous Microassembly and Folding, E. Shimada, J.A. Thompson, J. Yan, R.J. Wood and R.S. Fearing, Symposium on Microrobotics ASME Int. Mechanical Engineering Cong. and Exp., Nov. 5-10, 2000.