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Physical Intelligence Article Adhesion of biologically inspired polymer microfibers on soft surfaces Cheung, E., Sitti, M. Langmuir, 25(12):6613-6616, ACS Publications, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Automated 2-D nanoparticle manipulation with an atomic force microscope Onal, C. D., Ozcan, O., Sitti, M. In Robotics and Automation, 2009. ICRA’09. IEEE International Conference on, :1814-1819, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Technical Report Biologically Inspired Polymer Microfibrillar Arrays for Mask Sealing Cheung, E., Aksak, B., Sitti, M. CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Biologically-Inspired Patterned and Coated Adhesives for Medical Devices Glass, P., Chung, H., Lee, C., Tworkoski, E., Washburn, N., Sitti, M. Journal of Medical Devices, 3(2):027537, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Characterization of bacterial actuation of micro-objects Behkam, B., Sitti, M. In Robotics and Automation, 2009. ICRA’09. IEEE International Conference on, :1022-1027, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Compliant footpad design analysis for a bio-inspired quadruped amphibious robot Park, H. S., Sitti, M. In Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2009. IROS 2009. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on, :645-651, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Dangling chain elastomers as repeatable fibrillar adhesives Sitti, M., Cusick, B., Aksak, B., Nese, A., Lee, H., Dong, H., Kowalewski, T., Matyjaszewski, K. ACS applied materials \& interfaces, 1(10):2277-2287, American Chemical Society, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Dry spinning based spinneret based tunable engineered parameters (STEP) technique for controlled and aligned deposition of polymeric nanofibers Nain, A. S., Sitti, M., Jacobson, A., Kowalewski, T., Amon, C. Macromolecular rapid communications, 30(16):1406-1412, WILEY-VCH Verlag, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Dynamic modeling and analysis of pitch motion of a basilisk lizard inspired quadruped robot running on water Park, H. S., Floyd, S., Sitti, M. In Robotics and Automation, 2009. ICRA’09. IEEE International Conference on, :2655-2660, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Enhanced adhesion by gecko-inspired hierarchical fibrillar adhesives Murphy, M. P., Kim, S., Sitti, M. ACS applied materials \& interfaces, 1(4):849-855, American Chemical Society, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Enhanced reversible adhesion of dopamine methacrylamide-coated elastomer microfibrillar structures under wet conditions Glass, P., Chung, H., Washburn, N. R., Sitti, M. Langmuir, 25(12):6607-6612, ACS Publications, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Gecko-Inspired Directional and Controllable Adhesion Murphy, M. P., Aksak, B., Sitti, M. Small, 5(2):170-175, WILEY-VCH Verlag, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Magnetic mobile micro-robots Pawashe, C., Floyd, S., Sitti, M. 7eme Journees Nationales de la Recherche en Robotique, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Microparticle manipulation using multiple untethered magnetic micro-robots on an electrostatic surface Floyd, S., Pawashe, C., Sitti, M. In Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2009. IROS 2009. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on, :528-533, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Miniature devices: Voyage of the microrobots Sitti, M. Nature, 458(7242):1121-1122, Nature Publishing Group, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Modeling and experimental characterization of an untethered magnetic micro-robot Pawashe, C., Floyd, S., Sitti, M. The International Journal of Robotics Research, 28(8):1077-1094, Sage Publications, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Multiple magnetic microrobot control using electrostatic anchoring Pawashe, C., Floyd, S., Sitti, M. Applied Physics Letters, 94(16):164108, AIP, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Piezoelectric ultrasonic resonant micromotor with a volume of less than 1 mm 3 for use in medical microbots Watson, B., Friend, J., Yeo, L., Sitti, M. In Robotics and Automation, 2009. ICRA’09. IEEE International Conference on, :2225-2230, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Reversible dry micro-fibrillar adhesives with thermally controllable adhesion Kim, S., Sitti, M., Xie, T., Xiao, X. Soft Matter, 5(19):3689-3693, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Robot ceiling climbers harness new tricks Marks, P. New Scientist, 202(2705):18-19, Reed Business Information, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Tankbot: A miniature, peeling based climber on rough and smooth surfaces Unver, O., Sitti, M. In Robotics and Automation, 2009. ICRA’09. IEEE International Conference on, :2282-2287, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Towards automated nanoassembly with the atomic force microscope: A versatile drift compensation procedure Krohs, F., Onal, C., Sitti, M., Fatikow, S. Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 131(6):061106, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Two-dimensional contact and noncontact micromanipulation in liquid using an untethered mobile magnetic microrobot Floyd, S., Pawashe, C., Sitti, M. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 25(6):1332-1342, IEEE, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Waalbot: Agile climbing with synthetic fibrillar dry adhesives Murphy, M. P., Sitti, M. In Robotics and Automation, 2009. ICRA’09. IEEE International Conference on, :1599-1600, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Wet self-cleaning of biologically inspired elastomer mushroom shaped microfibrillar adhesives Kim, S., Cheung, E., Sitti, M. Langmuir, 25(13):7196-7199, ACS Publications, 2009 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article A legged anchoring mechanism for capsule endoscopes using micropatterned adhesives Glass, P., Cheung, E., Sitti, M. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 55(12):2759-2767, IEEE, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper A motorized anchoring mechanism for a tethered capsule robot using fibrillar adhesives for interventions in the esophagus Glass, P., Cheung, E., Wang, H., Appasamy, R., Sitti, M. In Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2008. BioRob 2008. 2nd IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on, :758-764, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Adhesion of biologically inspired oil-coated polymer micropillars Cheung, E., Sitti, M. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 22(5-6):569-589, Taylor & Francis Group, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper An untethered magnetically actuated micro-robot capable of motion on arbitrary surfaces Floyd, S., Pawashe, C., Sitti, M. In Robotics and Automation, 2008. ICRA 2008. IEEE International Conference on, :419-424, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Bacterial propulsion of chemically patterned micro-cylinders Behkam, B., Sitti, M. In Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2008. BioRob 2008. 2nd IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on, :753-757, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Beanbag robotics: Robotic swarms with 1-dof units Kriesel, D. M., Cheung, E., Sitti, M., Lipson, H. In International Conference on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, :267-274, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Technical Report Biologically Inspired Polymer Micro-Patterned Adhesives Cheung, E., Sitti, M. EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Control of Cell Behavior by Aligned Micro/Nanofibrous Biomaterial Scaffolds Fabricated by Spinneret-Based Tunable Engineered Parameters (STEP) Technique Nain, A. S., Phillippi, J. A., Sitti, M., MacKrell, J., Campbell, P. G., Amon, C. Small, 4(8):1153-1159, Wiley Online Library, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Cross-talk compensation in atomic force microscopy Onal, C. D., Sümer, B., Sitti, M. Review of scientific instruments, 79(10):103706, AIP, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Design and Numerical Modeling of an On-Board Chemical Release Module for Motion Control of Bacteria-Propelled Swimming Micro-Robots Behkam, B., Nain, A. S., Amon, C. H., Sitti, M. In ASME 2008 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, :239-244, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Dynamic modeling of a basilisk lizard inspired quadruped robot running on water Park, H. S., Floyd, S., Sitti, M. In Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2008. IROS 2008. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on, :3101-3107, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Dynamic modeling of stick slip motion in an untethered magnetic microrobot Pawashe, C., Floyd, S., Sitti, M. Proceedings of Robotics: Science and Systems IV, Zurich, Switzerland, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article ENHANCED ADHESION OF PDMS SURFACES FUNCTIONALIZED BY POLY (n-BUTYL ACRYLATE) BRUSHES INSPIRED BY GECKO FOOT HAIRS Nese, A., Lee, H., Dong, H., Aksak, B., Cusick, B., Kowalewski, T., Matyjaszewski, K., Sitti, M. Polymer Preprints, 49(2):107, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Fabrication and Characterization of Biologically Inspired Mushroom-Shaped Elastomer Microfiber Arrays Kim, S., Sitti, M. In ASME 2008 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, :839-847, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Fabrication of Single and Multi-Layer Fibrous Biomaterial Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Nain, A. S., Miller, E., Sitti, M., Campbell, P., Amon, C. In ASME 2008 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, :231-238, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Fabrication of bio-inspired elastomer nanofiber arrays with spatulate tips using notching effect Kim, S., Sitti, M., Jang, J., Thomas, E. L. In Nanotechnology, 2008. NANO’08. 8th IEEE Conference on, :780-782, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Gecko inspired micro-fibrillar adhesives for wall climbing robots on micro/nanoscale rough surfaces Aksak, B., Murphy, M. P., Sitti, M. In Robotics and Automation, 2008. ICRA 2008. IEEE International Conference on, :3058-3063, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Investigation of Calcium Mechanotransduction by Quasi 3-D Microfiber Mechanical Stimulation of Cells Ruder, W. C., Pratt, E. D., Sitti, M., LeDuc, P. R., Antaki, J. F. In ASME 2008 Summer Bioengineering Conference, :1049-1050, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Miniature Mobile Robots Down to Micron Scale Sitti, M. In Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, 2008. MHS 2008. International Symposium on, :525-525, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Modeling the soft backing layer thickness effect on adhesion of elastic microfiber arrays Long, R., Hui, C., Kim, S., Sitti, M. Journal of Applied Physics, 104(4):044301, AIP, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Particle image velocimetry and thrust of flagellar micro propulsion systems Danis, U., Sitti, M., Pekkan, K. In APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting Abstracts, 1, 2008 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Performance of different foot designs for a water running robot Floyd, S., Adilak, S., Ramirez, S., Rogman, R., Sitti, M. In Robotics and Automation, 2008. ICRA 2008. IEEE International Conference on, :244-250, 2008 () BibTeX