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Presented by Dr. Néstor O. Pérez-Arancibia, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California Biological machines, in particular insects, still surpass their robotic counterparts in almost every aspect, including power conversion, actuation, sensing, and control. For instance, the most advanced insect-scale microrobots have yet to achieve the capabilities observed in honeybees and beetles. No subgram robot has been reported to autonomously complete tasks that are challenging or useful for humans, and the vision of creating truly autonomous artificial insects will become a reality only once several long-standing challenges are overcome. In this talk, I will present recent results that represent breakthroughs in power, actuation, and control at the subgram scale, which enabled the creation of three new microrobots with unique and important characteristics from the autonomy perspective. First, I will discuss the design, fabrica

University of southern californiaUnited statesUnited kingdomLos angelesUniversity of californiaLaser beam control laboratoryDepartment of aerospaceNational science foundationAerospace engineering departmentAutonomous microrobotic systems laboratoryMicrorobotics laboratoryDefense advanced research projects agencyAssistant professorMechanical engineeringPostdoctoral scholarControls laboratory