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Physical Intelligence Article Design methodology for biomimetic propulsion of miniature swimming robots Behkam, B., Sitti, M. Trans.-ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control, 128(1):36, ASME, 2006 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Drawing suspended polymer micro-/nanofibers using glass micropipettes Nain, A. S., Wong, J. C., Amon, C., Sitti, M. Applied Physics Letters, 89(18):183105, AIP, 2006 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Force-controlled microcontact printing using microassembled particle templates Tafazzoli, A., Pawashe, C., Sitti, M. In Robotics and Automation, 2006. ICRA 2006. Proceedings 2006 IEEE International Conference on, 263-268, 2006 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Friction enhancement via micro-patterned wet elastomer adhesives on small intestinal surfaces Kwon, J., Cheung, E., Park, S., Sitti, M. Biomedical Materials, 1(4):216, IOP Publishing, 2006 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Geckobot: A gecko inspired climbing robot using elastomer adhesives Unver, O., Uneri, A., Aydemir, A., Sitti, M. In Robotics and Automation, 2006. ICRA 2006. Proceedings 2006 IEEE International Conference on, 2329-2335, 2006 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS VOLZ, R. A., TARN, T., MACIEJEWSKI, A. A., LEE, S., BICCHI, A., DE LUCA, A., LUH, P. B., TAYLOR, R. H., BEKEY, G. A., ARAI, H., et al. 2006 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Miniature endoscopic capsule robot using biomimetic micro-patterned adhesives Karagozler, M. E., Cheung, E., Kwon, J., Sitti, M. In Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2006. BioRob 2006. The First IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on, 105-111, 2006 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Modeling of the supporting legs for designing biomimetic water strider robots Song, Y. S., Suhr, S. H., Sitti, M. In Robotics and Automation, 2006. ICRA 2006. Proceedings 2006 IEEE International Conference on, 2303-2310, 2006 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Proximal probes based nanorobotic drawing of polymer micro/nanofibers Nain, A. S., Amon, C., Sitti, M. IEEE transactions on nanotechnology, 5(5):499-510, IEEE, 2006 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Soft microcontact printing with force control using microrobotic assembly based templates Tafazzoli, A., Sitti, M. In Advanced Motion Control, 2006. 9th IEEE International Workshop on, 500-505, 2006 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Task-based and stable telenanomanipulation in a nanoscale virtual environment Kim, S., Sitti, M. IEEE Transactions on automation science and engineering, 3(3):240-247, IEEE, 2006 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Toward micro wall-climbing robots using biomimetic fibrillar adhesives Greuter, M., Shah, G., Caprari, G., Tâche, F., Siegwart, R., Sitti, M. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment (AMiRE 2005), 39-46, 2006 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Towards hybrid swimming microrobots: bacteria assisted propulsion of polystyrene beads Behkam, B., Sitti, M. In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS’06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, 2421-2424, 2006 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Two-dimensional vision-based autonomous microparticle manipulation using a nanoprobe Pawashe, C., Sitti, M. Journal of Micromechatronics, 3(3):285-306, Brill, 2006 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Waalbot: An agile small-scale wall climbing robot utilizing pressure sensitive adhesives Murphy, M. P., Tso, W., Tanzini, M., Sitti, M. In Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on, 3411-3416, 2006 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Miscellaneous Adhesive microstructure and method of forming same Fearing, R. S., Sitti, M. March 2005, US Patent 6,872,439 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper A new endoscopic microcapsule robot using beetle inspired microfibrillar adhesives Cheung, E., Karagozler, M. E., Park, S., Kim, B., Sitti, M. In Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics. Proceedings, 2005 IEEE/ASME International Conference on, 551-557, 2005 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Atomic force microscope based two-dimensional assembly of micro/nanoparticles Tafazzoli, A., Pawashe, C., Sitti, M. In Assembly and Task Planning: From Nano to Macro Assembly and Manufacturing, 2005.(ISATP 2005). The 6th IEEE International Symposium on, 230-235, 2005 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Biologically Inspired Miniature Water Strider Robot. Suhr, S. H., Song, Y. S., Lee, S. J., Sitti, M. In Robotics: Science and Systems, 319-326, 2005 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Biologically inspired adhesion based surface climbing robots Menon, C., Sitti, M. In Robotics and Automation, 2005. ICRA 2005. Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on, 2715-2720, 2005 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Claytronics: highly scalable communications, sensing, and actuation networks Aksak, B., Bhat, P. S., Campbell, J., DeRosa, M., Funiak, S., Gibbons, P. B., Goldstein, S. C., Guestrin, C., Gupta, A., Helfrich, C., et al. In Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Embedded networked sensor systems, 299-299, 2005 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Fusion of biomedical microcapsule endoscope and microsystem technology Kim, T. S., Kim, B., Cho, D. D., Song, S. Y., Dario, P., Sitti, M. In Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. TRANSDUCERS’05. The 13th International Conference on, 1:9-14, 2005 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Book Chapter Geckobot and waalbot: Small-scale wall climbing robots Unver, O., Murphy, M., Sitti, M. In Infotech@ Aerospace, 6940, 2005 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Modeling and testing of a biomimetic flagellar propulsion method for microscale biomedical swimming robots Behkam, B., Sitti, M. In Proceedings of Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Conference, 37-42, 2005 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Polymer micro/nanofiber fabrication using micro/nanopipettes Nain, A. S., Amon, C., Sitti, M. In Nanotechnology, 2005. 5th IEEE Conference on, 366-369, 2005 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Augmented reality user interface for nanomanipulation using atomic force microscopes Vogl, W., Sitti, M., Ehrenstrasser, M., Zäh, M. In Proc. of Eurohaptics, 413-416, 2004 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Dynamic behavior and simulation of nanoparticle sliding during nanoprobe-based positioning Tafazzoli, A., Sitti, M. In Proc. ASME International Mechanical Engineering Conference, 19:32, 2004 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Dynamic modes of nanoparticle motion during nanoprobe-based manipulation Tafazzoli, A., Sitti, M. In Nanotechnology, 2004. 4th IEEE Conference on, 35-37, 2004 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper E. coli inspired propulsion for swimming microrobots Behkam, B., Sitti, M. In ASME 2004 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 1037-1041, 2004 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Gecko inspired surface climbing robots Menon, C., Murphy, M., Sitti, M. In Robotics and Biomimetics, 2004. ROBIO 2004. IEEE International Conference on, 431-436, 2004 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Micro-and nano-scale robotics Sitti, M. In American Control Conference, 2004. Proceedings of the 2004, 1:1-8, 2004 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Modeling and design of biomimetic adhesives inspired by gecko foot-hairs Shah, G. J., Sitti, M. In Robotics and Biomimetics, 2004. ROBIO 2004. IEEE International Conference on, 873-878, 2004 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Three-dimensional nanoscale manipulation and manufacturing using proximal probes: controlled pulling of polymer micro/nanofibers Nain, A. S., Amon, C., Sitti, M. In Mechatronics, 2004. ICM’04. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on, 224-230, 2004 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper WaalBots for Space applications Menon, C., Murphy, M., Angrilli, F., Sitti, M. In 55th IAC Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 2004 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper 3-D nano-fiber manufacturing by controlled pulling of liquid polymers using nano-probes Nain, A. S., Sitti, M. In Nanotechnology, 2003. IEEE-NANO 2003. 2003 Third IEEE Conference on, 1:60-63, 2003 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Biomimetic propulsion for a swimming surgical micro-robot Edd, J., Payen, S., Rubinsky, B., Stoller, M. L., Sitti, M. In Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2003.(IROS 2003). Proceedings. 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on, 3:2583-2588, 2003 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Efficient charge recovery method for driving piezoelectric actuators with quasi-square waves Campolo, D., Sitti, M., Fearing, R. S. IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control, 50(3):237-244, IEEE, 2003 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Manufacturing of two and three-dimensional micro/nanostructures by integrating optical tweezers with chemical assembly Castelino, K., Satyanarayana, S., Sitti, M. In Nanotechnology, 2003. IEEE-NANO 2003. 2003 Third IEEE Conference on, 1:56-59, 2003 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Scaled teleoperation system for nano-scale interaction and manipulation Sitti, M., Aruk, B., Shintani, H., Hashimoto, H. Advanced Robotics, 17(3):275-291, Taylor & Francis Group, 2003 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Synthetic gecko foot-hair micro/nano-structures as dry adhesives Sitti, M., Fearing, R. S. Journal of adhesion science and technology, 17(8):1055-1073, Taylor & Francis Group, 2003 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Synthetic gecko foot-hair micro/nano-structures for future wall-climbing robots Sitti, M., Fearing, R. S. In Robotics and Automation, 2003. Proceedings. ICRA’03. IEEE International Conference on, 1:1164-1170, 2003 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Teleoperated touch feedback from the surfaces at the nanoscale: modeling and experiments Sitti, M., Hashimoto, H. IEEE/ASME transactions on mechatronics, 8(2):287-298, IEEE, 2003 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article A micromechanical flying insect thorax Fearing, R., Avadhanula, S., Campolo, D., Sitti, M., Yan, J., Wood, R. Neurotechnology for Biomimetic Robots, 469-480, The MIT Press Cambridge, MA, 2002 BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Evidence for van der Waals adhesion in gecko setae Autumn, K., Sitti, M., Liang, Y. A., Peattie, A. M., Hansen, W. R., Sponberg, S., Kenny, T. W., Fearing, R., Israelachvili, J. N., Full, R. J. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 99(19):12252-12256, National Acad Sciences, 2002 BibTeX