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Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Millimeter-scale magnetic swimmers using elastomeric undulations Zhang, J., Diller, E. In 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), :1706-1711, September 2015 () DOI URL BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Experimental investigation of optimal adhesion of mushroomlike elastomer microfibrillar adhesives Marvi, H., Song, S., Sitti, M. Langmuir, 31(37):10119-10124, American Chemical Society, August 2015 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Patent Micro-fiber arrays with tip coating and transfer method for preparing same Sitti, M., Washburn, N. R., Glass, P. S., Chung, H. July 2015, US Patent 9,079,215 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article pH-taxis of biohybrid microsystems Zhuang, J., Carlsen, R. W., Sitti, M. Scientific reports, 5, Nature Publishing Group, June 2015 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Fiberbot: A miniature crawling robot using a directional fibrillar pad Han, Y., Marvi, H., Sitti, M. In Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2015 IEEE International Conference on, :3122-3127, May 2015 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Platform design and tethered flight of a motor-driven flapping-wing system Hines, L., Colmenares, D., Sitti, M. In Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2015 IEEE International Conference on, :5838-5845, May 2015 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Structural optimization for flexure-based parallel mechanisms–Towards achieving optimal dynamic and stiffness properties Lum, G. Z., Teo, T. J., Yeo, S. H., Yang, G., Sitti, M. Precision Engineering, 42:195-207, Elsevier, May 2015 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Controlled surface topography regulates collective 3D migration by epithelial–mesenchymal composite embryonic tissues Song, J., Shawky, J. H., Kim, Y., Hazar, M., LeDuc, P. R., Sitti, M., Davidson, L. A. Biomaterials, 58:1-9, Elsevier, April 2015 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Transfer Printing of Metallic Microstructures on Adhesion-Promoting Hydrogel Substrates Wu, H., Sariola, V., Zhu, C., Zhao, J., Sitti, M., Bettinger, C. J. Advanced Materials, 27(22):3398-3404, April 2015 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Patent Dry adhesives and methods for making dry adhesives Sitti, M., Murphy, M., Aksak, B. March 2015, US Patent App. 14/625,162 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Bioinspired Autonomous Miniature Robots Article Biomedical applications of untethered mobile milli/microrobots Sitti, M., Ceylan, H., Hu, W., Giltinan, J., Turan, M., Yim, S., Diller, E. Proceedings of the IEEE, 103(2):205-224, IEEE, March 2015 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Collective 3D Migration of Embryonic Epithelial Mesenchymal Composite Tissues are Regulated by Surface Topology Song, J., Shawky, J., Kim, Y. T., Hazar, M., Sitti, M., LeDuc, P. R., Davidson, L. A. Biophysical Journal, 108(2):455a, Elsevier, January 2015 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Three-dimensional heterogeneous assembly of coded microgels using an untethered mobile microgripper Chung, S. E., Dong, X., Sitti, M. Lab on a Chip, 15(7):1667-1676, Royal Society of Chemistry, January 2015 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Actively controlled fibrillar friction surfaces Marvi, H., Han, Y., Sitti, M. Applied Physics Letters, 106(5):051602, AIP Publishing, January 2015 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Series of Multilinked Caterpillar Track-type Climbing Robots Lee, G., Kim, H., Seo, K., Kim, J., Sitti, M., Seo, T. Journal of Field Robotics, November 2014 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Geckogripper: A soft, inflatable robotic gripper using gecko-inspired elastomer micro-fiber adhesives Song, S., Majidi, C., Sitti, M. In Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2014), 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on, :4624-4629, September 2014 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Segmented molecular design of self-healing proteinaceous materials. Sariola, V., Pena-Francesch, A., Jung, H., Çetinkaya, M., Pacheco, C., Sitti, M., Demirel, M. C. Scientific reports, 5:13482-13482, Nature Publishing Group, July 2014 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Bio-Hybrid Cell-Based Actuators for Microsystems Carlsen, R. W., Sitti, M. Small, 10(19):3831-3851, June 2014 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Book Chapter Addressing of Micro-robot Teams and Non-contact Micro-manipulation Diller, E., Ye, Z., Giltinan, J., Sitti, M. In Small-Scale Robotics. From Nano-to-Millimeter-Sized Robotic Systems and Applications, :28-38, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Analytical modeling and experimental characterization of chemotaxis in serratia marcescens Zhuang, J., Wei, G., Carlsen, R. W., Edwards, M. R., Marculescu, R., Bogdan, P., Sitti, M. Physical Review E, 89(5):052704, American Physical Society, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Bio-Hybrid Cell-Based Actuators for Microsystems Carlsen, R. W., Sitti, M. Small, 10(19):3831-3851, 2014 () DOI URL BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Biopsy using a Magnetic Capsule Endoscope Carrying, Releasing and Retrieving Untethered Micro-Grippers Yim, S., Gultepe, E., Gracias, D. H., Sitti, M. IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering, 61(2):513-521, IEEE, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Can DC motors directly drive flapping wings at high frequency and large wing strokes? Campolo, D., Azhar, M., Lau, G., Sitti, M. IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, 19(1):109-120, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Continuously distributed magnetization profile for millimeter-scale elastomeric undulatory swimming Diller, E., Zhuang, J., Zhan Lum, G., Edwards, M. R., Sitti, M. Applied Physics Letters, 104(17):174101, AIP, 2014 () DOI URL BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Influence of Magnetic Fields on Magneto-Aerotaxis Bennet, M., McCarthy, A., Fix, D., Edwards, M. R., Repp, F., Vach, P., Dunlop, J. W., Sitti, M., Buller, G. S., Klumpp, S., et al. PLoS One, 9(7):e101150, Public Library of Science, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Liftoff of a Motor-Driven, Flapping-Wing Microaerial Vehicle Capable of Resonance Hines, L., Campolo, D., Sitti, M. IEEE Trans. on Robotics, 30(1):220-232, IEEE, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Magnetic steering control of multi-cellular bio-hybrid microswimmers Carlsen, R. W., Edwards, M. R., Zhuang, J., Pacoret, C., Sitti, M. Lab on a Chip, 14(19):3850-3859, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Mechanics of Load–Drag–Unload Contact Cleaning of Gecko-Inspired Fibrillar Adhesives Abusomwan, U. A., Sitti, M. Langmuir, 30(40):11913-11918, American Chemical Society, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article MultiMo-Bat: A biologically inspired integrated jumping–gliding robot Woodward, M. A., Sitti, M. The International Journal of Robotics Research, 33(12):1511-1529, SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Robotic assembly of hydrogels for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine Tasoglu, S., Diller, E., Guven, S., Sitti, M., Demirci, U. In Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 8:181-182, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Rotating Magnetic Miniature Swimming Robots With Multiple Flexible Flagella Ye, Z., Régnier, S., Sitti, M. IEEE Trans. on Robotics, 30(1):3-13, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article STRIDE II: a water strider-inspired miniature robot with circular footpads Ozcan, O., Wang, H., Taylor, J. D., Sitti, M. International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 11(6):85, SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Six-Degrees-of-Freedom Remote Actuation of Magnetic Microrobots. Diller, E. D., Giltinan, J., Lum, G. Z., Ye, Z., Sitti, M. In Robotics: Science and Systems, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Soft Grippers Using Micro-Fibrillar Adhesives for Transfer Printing Song, S., Sitti, M. Advanced Materials, 26(28):4901-4906, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article SoftCubes: Stretchable and self-assembling three-dimensional soft modular matter Yim, S., Sitti, M. The International Journal of Robotics Research, 33(8):1083-1097, SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Staying sticky: contact self-cleaning of gecko-inspired adhesives Mengüç, Y., Röhrig, M., Abusomwan, U., Hölscher, H., Sitti, M. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 11(94):20131205, The Royal Society, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Structural optimization method towards synthesis of small scale flexure-based mobile grippers Lum, G. Z., Diller, E., Sitti, M. In Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2014 IEEE International Conference on, :2339-2344, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Swimming characterization of Serratia marcescens for bio-hybrid micro-robotics Edwards, M. R., Carlsen, R. W., Zhuang, J., Sitti, M. Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics, 9(3):47-60, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article The optimal shape of elastomer mushroom-like fibers for high and robust adhesion Aksak, B., Sahin, K., Sitti, M. Beilstein journal of nanotechnology, 5(1):630-638, Beilstein-Institut, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Three-Dimensional Programmable Assembly by Untethered Magnetic Robotic Micro-Grippers Diller, E., Sitti, M. Advanced Functional Materials, 24:4397-4404, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Three-dimensional robotic manipulation and transport of micro-scale objects by a magnetically driven capillary micro-gripper Giltinan, J., Diller, E., Mayda, C., Sitti, M. In Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2014 IEEE International Conference on, :2077-2082, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Untethered micro-robotic coding of three-dimensional material composition Tasoglu, S., Diller, E., Guven, S., Sitti, M., Demirci, U. Nature Communications, 5:DOI-10, Nature Publishing Group, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Versatile non-contact micro-manipulation method using rotational flows locally induced by magnetic microrobots Ye, Z., Edington, C., Russell, A. J., Sitti, M. In Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), 2014 IEEE/ASME International Conference on, :26-31, 2014 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Miscellaneous Dry adhesives and methods for making dry adhesives Sitti, M., Kim, S. sep 2013, US Patent App. 14/016,651 () BibTeX