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Posts

Blog Post number 1

Published: August 14, 2012

projects

Flexible CO2 laser system

Millimeter-scale laser steering

Centimeter-scale laser steering

Nitinol living hinges

Millimter-sized electrostatic actuators

Piezoelectric flextensional actuators

Piezoelectric vibration platform

Needlescopic surgical wrists

Variable stiffness knee brace

Shoe tying robot

publications

A flexure-based wrist for needle-sized surgical robots

Published: February 09, 2013

D. P. Losey, P. A. York, P. J. Swaney, J. Burgner, and R. J. Webster III, "A flexure-based wrist for needle-sized surgical robots," in SPIE Medical Imaging, 2013.

A wrist for needle-sized surgical robots

Published: May 26, 2015

P. A. York, P. J. Swaney, H. B. Gilbert and R. J. Webster, "A wrist for needle-sized surgical robots," 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Seattle, WA, 2015, pp. 1776-1781.

Design, fabrication, and testing of a needle-sized wrist for surgical instruments

Published: December 21, 2016

P. J. Swaney, P. A. York, H. B. Gilbert, J. Burgner-Kahrs, and R. J. Webster III, "Design, fabrication, and testing of a needle-sized wrist for surgical instruments," ASME Journal of Medical Devices, 2016.

A geometrically-amplified in-plane piezoelectric actuator for mesoscale robotic systems

Published: May 25, 2017

P. A. York and R. J. Wood, "A geometrically-amplified in-plane piezoelectric actuator for mesoscale robotic systems," in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2017, pp. 1263-1268

Meso scale flextensional piezoelectric actuators

Published: November 27, 2017

P. A. York, N. T. Jafferis, and R. J. Wood, "Meso scale flextensional piezoelectric actuators," Smart Materials and Structures, vol. 27, no. 1, p. 015 008, 2017.

Nitinol living hinges for millimeter-sized robots and medical devices

Published: May 27, 2019

P. A. York and R. J. Wood, "Nitinol living hinges for millimeter-sized robots and medical devices," in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019, pp. 889-893

A compact laser-steering end-effector for transoral robotic surgery

Published: November 04, 2019

S. A. Bothner, P. A. York, P. C. Song, and R. J. Wood, "A compact laser-steering end-effector for transoral robotic surgery," in IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2019.

Millimeter-sized piezoelectric flextensional actuators with improved mechanical efficiency

Published: May 19, 2020

P. A. York, N. T. Jafferis, and R. J. Wood, "Millimeter-sized piezoelectric flextensional actuators with improved mechanical efficiency," Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2020, p.112066.

Microrobotic laser steering for minimally invasive surgery

Published: January 13, 2021

P. A. York, R. Pena, D. Kent, and R. J. Wood, "Microrobotic laser steering for minimally invasive surgery," Science Robotics, Vol. 6, Issue 50, eabd5476, 2021.

Biologically inspired electrostatic artificial muscles for insect-sized robots

Published: March 31, 2021

H. Wang, P. A. York, Y. Chen, S. Russo, T. Ranzani, C. Walsh, R. J. Wood, "Biologically inspired electrostatic artificial muscles for insect-sized robots," The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2021, vol. 40(6–7), pg. 895–922.

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