Table 1 Comparison of this work and six other insect-scale untethered microrobots with mass less than 5 g and body length less than 5 cm
From: A wireless controlled robotic insect with ultrafast untethered running speeds
Microrobot description | Length (mm) | Total mass (g) | Speed (BL s−1) | Turning centripetal acceleration (BL s−2) | Cost of Transport (COTT) | Cost of Transport (COTM) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
This work | 20 | 1.76 | 17.5 | 39.4/65.4 | 303.7 | 9.3 |
45 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 16.4 (tethered) | 83.9 | 13.0 | |
DEAnsect33 | 40 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.04 | 1670 | 5.3 |
S2worm34 | 41 | 4.34 | 6.7 | 0.20 | 52.4 | – |
PVDF robot17 | 24 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.09 | 887 | – |
RoBeetle23 | 15 | 0.088 | 0.05 | – (uncontrollable) | – | – |
SEMR UR116 | 20 | 2.2 | 2.1 | – | – | – |
