Control of environmentally robust and autonomously moving microrobot powered by insect muscle.

利用昆虫的心脏组织--背部血管作为动力，研制了一种微型机器人，并对其控制方法进行了研究。该微型机器人是将背侧血管组装到硅橡胶微结构上制成的，能够沿设计方向自主运动。接下来，使用光流分析来量化背侧血管的搏动。在此基础上进行电刺激，使背侧血管以恒定频率搏动。

A microrobot powered by a dorsal vessel, which is a heart tissue of an insect, was fabricated and its control method was also examined. The microrobot which was fabricated by assembling the dorsal vessel to a microstructure made of silicone rubber moved autonomously in the designed direction. Next, beatings of the dorsal vessel were quantified using optical flow analysis. Electrical stimulation based on the results made the dorsal vessel beat at the constant frequency.