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Physical Intelligence Article Adaptive self‐sealing suction‐based soft robotic gripper Song, S., Drotlef, D., Son, D., Koivikko, A., Sitti, M. Advanced Science, 8(17):2100641, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Modern Magnetic Systems Article Bayesian Machine Learning for Efficient Minimization of Defects in ALD Passivation Layers Dogan, G., Demir, S. O., Gutzler, R., Gruhn, H., Dayan, C. B., Sanli, U. T., Silber, C., Culha, U., Sitti, M., Schütz, G., Grévent, C., Keskinbora, K. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13(45):54503-54515, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article BirdBot: Avian-inspired leg clutching achieves energy-efficient gait with minimalistic control Badri-Spröwitz, A., Sarvestani, A. A., Sitti, M., Daley, M. Science Robotics, 2021 (Accepted) BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article China’s ambitions and challenges for asteroid–comet exploration Zhang, T., Xu, K., Ding, X. Nature Astronomy, 5(8):730-731, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Demonstration of magnetic and light-controlled actuation of a photomagnetically actuated deformable mirror for wavefront control Jha, A. K., Douglas, E. S., Li, M., Fucetola, C., Omenetto, F. G. Optical Engineering, 60(12):124102, 2021 (Published) DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Design, actuation, and control of an MRI-powered untethered robot for wireless capsule endoscopy Erin, O., Alici, C., Sitti, M. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 6(3):6000-6007, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Bioinspired Autonomous Miniature Robots Article Effect of body stiffness distribution on larval fish–like efficient undulatory swimming Wang, T., Ren, Z., Hu, W., Li, M., Sitti, M. Science Advances, 7(19):eabf7364, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Exploiting mechanical instabilities in soft robotics: controls, sensing, and actuation Pal, A., Restrepo, V., Goswami, D., Martinez, R. V. Advanced Materials, 33(19):2006939, 2021 DOI URL BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Flexural wave-based soft attractor walls for trapping microparticles and cells Aghakhani, A., Cetin, H., Erkoc, P., Tombak, G. I., Sitti, M. Lab on a Chip, 21(3):582-596, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Fluid mechanics and rheology of the jumping spider body fluid Göttler, C., Amador, G. J., van de Kamp, T., Zuber, M., Boehler, L., Siegwart, R., Sitti, M. Soft Matter, 17(22):5532-5539, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Genetics and Epigenetics of One-Carbon Metabolism Pathway in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Sex-Specific Brain Epigenome? Tisato, V., Silva, J. A., Longo, G., Gallo, I., Singh, A. V., Milani, D., Gemmati, D. Genes, 12(5):782, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Heat assisted magnetic programming of soft materials Sitti, M., Alapan, Y., Karacakol, A. 2021, International App. PCT/EP2021/060313 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Interfacial engineering for improved photocatalysis in a charge storing 2D carbon nitride: melamine functionalized poly(heptazine imide) Kröger, J., Jiménez-Solano, A., Savasci, G., Rovó, P., Moudrakovski, I., Küster, K., Schlomberg, H., Vignolo-González, H. A., Duppel, V., Grunenberg, L., Dayan, C. B., Sitti, M., Podjaski, F., Ochsenfeld, C., Lotsch, B. V. Advanced Energy Materials, 11(6):2003016, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Miscellaneous Kirigami metastructures: liquid-crystal-elastomer-actuated reconfigurable microscale kirigami metastructures (Adv. Mater. 25/2021) Zhang, M., Shahsavan, H., Guo, Y., Pena-Francesch, A., Zhang, Y., Sitti, M. Advanced Materials, 33(25):2170195, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Light-triggered Drug Release from 3D-printed Magnetic Chitosan Microswimmers Sitti, M., Bozuyuk, U., Ceylan, H., Yasa, O., Yasa, I. C. 2021, US Patent App. 17/274215, Feb.2021 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Bioinspired Autonomous Miniature Robots Article Liquid crystal elastomer-based magnetic composite films for reconfigurable shape-morphing soft miniature machines Zhang, J., Guo, Y., Hu, W., Soon, R. H., Davidson, Z. S., Sitti, M. Advanced Materials, 33(8):2006191, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Liquid crystal structure of supercooled liquid gallium and eutectic gallium–indium Yunusa, M., Adaka, A., Aghakhani, A., Shahsavan, H., Guo, Y., Alapan, Y., Jákli, A., Sitti, M. Advanced Materials, 33(38):2104807, 2021 (Published) DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Liquid-crystal-elastomer-actuated reconfigurable microscale kirigami metastructures Zhang, M., Shahsavan, H., Guo, Y., Pena-Francesch, A., Zhang, Y., Sitti, M. Advanced Materials, 33(25):2008605, 2021 (Published) DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Machine learning-based and experimentally validated optimal adhesive fibril designs Son, D., Liimatainen, V., Sitti, M. Small, 17(39):2102867, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Magnetic resonance imaging-compatible optically powered miniature wireless modular Lorentz Force actuators Mutlu, S., Yasa, O., Erin, O., Sitti, M. Advanced Science, 8(2):2002948, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Bioinspired Autonomous Miniature Robots Article Magnetic soft micromachines made of linked microactuator networks Hu, X., Yasa, I. C., Ren, Z., Goudu, S. R., Ceylan, H., Hu, W., Sitti, M. Science Advances, 7(23):eabe8436, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Magnetic trap system and method of navigating a microscopic device Sitti, M., Son, D., Bluemler, P. 2021, EP Prio. Patent App. 21 187 691.7 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Magnetically actuated capsule endoscope, magnetic field generating and sensing apparatus and method of actuating a magnetically actuated capsule endoscope Sitti, M., Son, D. 2021, US Patent App. 16/617,348 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Magnetically switchable soft suction grippers Koivikko, A., Drotlef, D., Sitti, M., Sariola, V. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 44:101263, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Mattertronics for programmable manipulation and multiplex storage of pseudo-diamagnetic holes and label-free cells Goudu, S. R., Kim, H., Hu, X., Lim, B., Kim, K., Torati, S. R., Ceylan, H., Sheehan, D., Sitti, M., Kim, C. Nature Communications, 12:3024, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Method of making one or more fibrils, computer implemented method of simulating an adhesive force of one or more fibrils and fibril Sitti, M., Liimatainen, V. 2021, EP Prio. Patent App. 21 162 253.5 (Published) BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Non-negligible corrosion process in a novel sulfur-based energy storage system Jin, K., Pan, S., Wang, T., Zhang, Z. Journal of Power Sources, 490:229529, 2021 DOI URL BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Medical Systems Article Nonresonant powering of injectable nanoelectrodes enables wireless deep brain stimulation in freely moving mice Kozielski, K. L., Jahanshahi, A., Gilbert, H. B., Yu, Y., Erin, O., Francisco, D., Alosaimi, F., Temel, Y., Sitti, M. Science Advances, 7(3):eabc4189, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Opportunities and utilization of branching and step-out behavior in magnetic microswimmers with a nonlinear response Bachmann, F., Giltinan, J., Codutti, A., Klumpp, S., Sitti, M., Faivre, D. Applied Physics Letters, 118(17):174102, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Permanent magnet array-driven navigation of wireless millirobots inside soft tissues Son, D., Ugurlu, M. C., Sitti, M. Science Advances, 7(43):eabi8932, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Miscellaneous Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution: interfacial engineering for improved photocatalysis in a charge storing 2D carbon nitride: melamine functionalized poly (heptazine imide)(Adv. Energy Mater. 6/2021) Kroeger, J., Jimnez‐Solano, A., Savasci, G., Rovo, P., Moudrakovski, I., Kuester, K., Schlomberg, H., Vignolo‐Gonzalez, H. A., Duppel, V., Grunenberg, L., Dayan, C. B., Sitti, M., Podjaski, F., Ochsenfeld, C., Lotsch, B. V. Advanced Energy Materials, 11(6):2170028, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Physical intelligence as a new paradigm Sitti, M. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 46:101340, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Remote modular electronics for wireless magnetic devices Boyvat, M., Sitti, M. Advanced Science, 8(17):2101198, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Review on Bioinspired Planetary Regolith-Burrowing Robots Wei, H., Zhang, Y., Zhang, T., Guan, Y., Xu, K., Ding, X., Pang, Y. Space Science Reviews, 217(8):87, 2021 (Published) DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Robotic drilling tests in simulated lunar regolith environment Zhang, T., Zhang, Y., Xu, K., Ding, X., Wei, H., Chao, C., Wang, B., Wang, B. Journal of Field Robotics, 38(8):1011-1035, 2021 DOI URL BibTeX
Empirical Inference Haptic Intelligence Perceiving Systems Physical Intelligence Robotic Materials MPI Year Book Scientific Report 2016 - 2021 2021
This report presents research done at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems from January2016 to November 2021. It is our fourth report since the founding of the institute in 2011. Dueto the fact that the upcoming evaluation is an extended one, the report covers a longer reportingperiod.This scientific report is organized as follows: we begin with an overview of the institute, includingan outline of its structure, an introduction of our latest research departments, and a presentationof our main collaborative initiatives and activities (Chapter1). The central part of the scientificreport consists of chapters on the research conducted by the institute’s departments (Chapters2to6) and its independent research groups (Chapters7 to24), as well as the work of the institute’scentral scientific facilities (Chapter25). For entities founded after January 2016, the respectivereport sections cover work done from the date of the establishment of the department, group, orfacility. These chapters are followed by a summary of selected outreach activities and scientificevents hosted by the institute (Chapter26). The scientific publications of the featured departmentsand research groups published during the 6-year review period complete this scientific report.
Scientific Report 2016 - 2021 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Shape anisotropy-governed locomotion of surface microrollers on vessel-like microtopographies against physiological flows Bozuyuk, U., Alapan, Y., Aghakhani, A., Yunusa, M., Sitti, M. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(13):e2022090118, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Bioinspired Autonomous Miniature Robots Article Shape-programmable liquid crystal elastomer structures with arbitrary three-dimensional director fields and geometries Guo, Y., Zhang, J., Hu, W., Khan, M. T. A., Sitti, M. Nature Communications, 12:5936, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Bioinspired Autonomous Miniature Robots Miscellaneous Smart actuators: liquid crystal elastomer-based magnetic composite films for reconfigurable shape-morphing soft Miniature Machines (Adv. Mater. 8/2021) Zhang, J., Guo, Y., Hu, W., Soon, R. H., Davidson, Z. S., Sitti, M. Advanced Materials, 33(8):2170054, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Soft actuators for real-world applications Li, M., Pal, A., Aghakhani, A., Pena-Francesch, A., Sitti, M. Nature Reviews Materials, 7(3):235-249, 2021 (Published) DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Bioinspired Autonomous Miniature Robots Article Soft-bodied adaptive multimodal locomotion strategies in fluid-filled confined spaces Ren, Z., Zhang, R., Soon, R. H., Liu, Z., Hu, W., Onck, P. R., Sitti, M. Science Advances, 7(27):eabh2022, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Spider origami: folding principle of jumping spider leg joints for bioinspired fluidic actuators Göttler, C., Elflein, K., Siegwart, R., Sitti, M. Advanced Science, 8(5):2003890, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Bioinspired Autonomous Miniature Robots Miscellaneous Stimuli-Responsive Materials: Wirelessly Actuated Thermo-and Magneto-Responsive Soft Bimorph Materials with Programmable Shape-Morphing (Adv. Mater. 30/2021) Zhang, J., Guo, Y., Hu, W., Sitti, M. Advanced Materials, 33(30):2170238, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Switching propulsion mechanisms of tubular catalytic micromotors Wrede, P., Medina‐Sánchez, M., Fomin, V. M., Schmidt, O. G. Small, 17(12):2006449, 2021 DOI URL BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Patent Three-dimensional assembly based microfabrication strategy for magnetic soft machines Sitti, M., Zhang, J., Ren, Z., Hu, W. 2021, International App. PCT/EP2021/071716 BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Underwater maneuvering of robotic sheets through buoyancy-mediated active flutter Byun, J., Park, M., Baek, S., Yoon, J., Kim, W., Lee, B., Hong, Y., Cho, K. Science Robotics, 6(53):eabe0637, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Bioinspired Autonomous Miniature Robots Article Voxelated three-dimensional miniature magnetic soft machines via multimaterial heterogeneous assembly Zhang, J., Ren, Z., Hu, W., Soon, R. H., Yasa, I. C., Liu, Z., Sitti, M. Science Robotics, 6(53):eabf0112, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Medical Systems Article Wireless MRI-powered reversible orientation-locking capsule robot Erin, O., Boyvat, M., Lazovic, J., Tiryaki, M. E., Sitti, M. Advanced Science, 8(13):2100463, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Bioinspired Autonomous Miniature Robots Article Wirelessly actuated thermo‐and magneto‐responsive soft bimorph materials with programmable shape‐morphing Zhang, J., Guo, Y., Hu, W., Sitti, M. Advanced Materials, 33(30):2100336, 2021 DOI BibTeX
Physical Intelligence Article Young martlets: exploring the world of academia and beyond Yin, Z., Chen, B., Cao, X. E., Ying, B., Quan, H., Wang, C., Ye, Y., Mi, X., Yan, C., Ding, Y., Zhang, S., Bahmani, A., Dalaq, A., Li, X., Shang, X., Nan, K., Yang, Y. Matter, 4(5):1434-1436, 2021 DOI URL BibTeX