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Bioinspired Autonomous Miniature Robots

Dynamic Locomotion

Embodied Vision

Human Aspects of Machine Learning

Intelligent Control Systems

Learning and Dynamical Systems

Locomotion in Biorobotic and Somatic Systems

Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems

Movement Generation and Control

Neural Capture and Synthesis

Physics for Inference and Optimization

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Physical Intelligence Article Controllable load sharing for soft adhesive interfaces on three-dimensional surfaces Song, S., Drotlef, D., Majidi, C., Sitti, M. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(22):E4344–E4353, 2017 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Dynamic and programmable self-assembly of micro-rafts at the air-water interface Wang, W., Giltinan, J., Zakharchenko, S., Sitti, M. Science Advances, 3(5):e1602522, 2017 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Presentation of functional groups on self-assembled supramolecular peptide nanofibers mimicking glycosaminoglycans for directed mesenchymal stem cell differentiation Yasa, O., Uysal, O., Ekiz, M. S., Guler, M. O., Tekinay, A. B. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 5(25):4890-4900, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Propulsion and Chemotaxis in Bacteria-Driven Microswimmers Zhuang, J., Park, B., Sitti, M. Advanced Science, 4(9):1700109, 2017 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Hydrophobic pinning with copper nanowhiskers leads to bactericidal properties Singh, A. V., Baylan, S., Park, B., Richter, G., Sitti, M. PloS One, 12(4):e0175428, 2017 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Theory of Inhomogeneous Condensed Matter Article Biohybrid microtube swimmers driven by single captured bacteria Stanton, M. M., Park, B., Miguel-López, A., Ma, X., Sitti, M., Sánchez, S. Small, 13(19):1603679, 2017 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article The use of clamping grips and friction pads by tree frogs for climbing curved surfaces Endlein, T., Ji, A., Yuan, S., Hill, I., Wang, H., Barnes, W. J. P., Dai, Z., Sitti, M. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1849):20162867, 2017 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Nanoscale topographical control of capillary assembly of nanoparticles Flauraud, V., Mastrangeli, M., Bernasconi, G., Butet, J., Alexander, D., Shahrabi, E., Martin, O., Brugger, J. Scientific Reports, 12(1):73-80, 2017 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Rubbing Against Blood Clots Using Helical Robots: Modeling and In Vitro Experimental Validation Khalil, I. S., Tabak, A. F., Sadek, K., Mahdy, D., Hamdi, N., Sitti, M. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2(2):927-934, 2017 (Published) DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Microemulsion-Based Soft Bacteria-Driven Microswimmers for Active Cargo Delivery Singh, A. V., Hosseinidoust, Z., Park, B., Yasa, O., Sitti, M. ACS Nano, 11(10):9759-9769, 2017 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Book Mobile Microrobotics Sitti, M. Mobile Microrobotics, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2017 (Published) Mobile Microrobotics By Metin Sitti - Chapter 1 (PDF) URL BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Mobile microrobots for bioengineering applications Ceylan, H., Giltinan, J., Kozielski, K., Sitti, M. Lab on a Chip, 17(10):1705-1724, 2017 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Mode Evolution in Strongly Coupled Plasmonic Dolmens Fabricated by Templated Assembly Flauraud, V., Bernasconi, G. D., Butet, J., Mastrangeli, M., Alexander, D. T. L., Martin, O. J. F., Brugger, J. ACS Photonics, 4(7):1661-1668, 2017 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Multi-fractal characterization of bacterial swimming dynamics: a case study on real and simulated Serratia marcescens Koorehdavoudi, H., Bogdan, P., Wei, G., Marculescu, R., Zhuang, J., Carlsen, R. W., Sitti, M. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 473(2203), 2017 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Multiaxial Polarity Determines Individual Cellular and Nuclear Chirality Raymond, M. J., Ray, P., Kaur, G., Fredericks, M., Singh, A. V., Wan, L. Q. Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, 10(1):63-74, 2017 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Planning spin-walking locomotion for automatic grasping of microobjects by an untethered magnetic microgripper Dong, X., Sitti, M. In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), :6612-6618, 2017 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Recent Advances in Skin Penetration Enhancers for Transdermal Gene and Drug Delivery Amjadia, M., Mostaghacia, B., Sittia, M. Current Gene Therapy, 17(2):139-146, 2017 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Surface tension-driven self-alignment Mastrangeli, M., Zhou, Q., Sariola, V., Lambert, P. Soft Matter, 13(2):304-327, 2017 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Bioengineered and biohybrid bacteria-based systems for drug delivery Hosseinidoust, Z., Mostaghaci, B., Yasa, O., Park, B., Singh, A. V., Sitti, M. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 106:27-44, 2016 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Steering control of a water-running robot using an active tail Kim, H., Jeong, K., Sitti, M., Seo, T. In Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on, :4945-4950, October 2016 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article High-Performance Multiresponsive Paper Actuators Amjadi, M., Sitti, M. ACS Nano, 10(11):10202-10210, 2016 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Composition-dependent underwater adhesion of catechol-bearing hydrogels Wu, H., Sariola, V., Zhao, J., Ding, H., Sitti, M., Bettinger, C. J. Polymer International, 65(11):1355-1359, 2016 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article The effect of temperature and humidity on adhesion of a gecko-inspired adhesive: implications for the natural system Stark, A. Y., Klittich, M. R., Sitti, M., Niewiarowski, P. H., Dhinojwala, A. Scientific Reports, 6(1):1-7, 2016 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Targeting of cell mockups using sperm-shaped microrobots in vitro Khalil, I. S., Tabak, A. F., Hosney, A., Klingner, A., Shalaby, M., Abdel-Kader, R. M., Serry, M., Sitti, M. In 2016 6th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), :495-501, July 2016 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Analysis of the magnetic torque on a tilted permanent magnet for drug delivery in capsule robots Munoz, F., Alici, G., Zhou, H., Li, W., Sitti, M. In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), :1386-1391, July 2016 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Magnetic propulsion of robotic sperms at low-Reynolds number Khalil, I. S., Fatih Tabak, A., Klingner, A., Sitti, M. Applied Physics Letters, 109(3):033701, 2016 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Six-degree-of-freedom magnetic actuation for wireless microrobotics Diller, E., Giltinan, J., Lum, G. Z., Ye, Z., Sitti, M. The International Journal of Robotics Research, 35(1-3):114-128, 2016 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Patterned and Specific Attachment of Bacteria on Biohybrid Bacteria-Driven Microswimmers Singh, A. V., Sitti, M. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 5(18):2325-2331, 2016 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Phase Change of Gallium Enables Highly Reversible and Switchable Adhesion (Adv. Mater. 25/2016) Ye, Z., Lum, G. Z., Song, S., Rich, S., Sitti, M. Advanced Materials, 28(25):5088-5092, 2016 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Bioinspired Autonomous Miniature Robots Article Shape-programmable magnetic soft matter Lum, G. Z., Ye, Z., Dong, X., Marvi, H., Erin, O., Hu, W., Sitti, M. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(41):E6007–E6015, 2016 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Sperm-shaped magnetic microrobots: Fabrication using electrospinning, modeling, and characterization Khalil, I. S., Tabak, A. F., Hosney, A., Mohamed, A., Klingner, A., Ghoneima, M., Sitti, M. In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), :1939-1944, May 2016 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Chemotaxis of bio-hybrid multiple bacteria-driven microswimmers Zhuang, J., Sitti, M. Scientific reports, 6(1):1-10, 2016 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Inflated soft actuators with reversible stable deformations Hines, L., Petersen, K., Sitti, M. Advanced Materials, 28(19):3690-3696, 2016 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Patent Remotely addressable magnetic composite micro-actuators Sitti, M., Diller, E., Miyashita, S. February 2016, US Patent 9,281,112 () URL BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Parallel microcracks-based ultrasensitive and highly stretchable strain sensors Amjadi, M., Turan, M., Clementson, C. P., Sitti, M. ACS Applied Materials \& Interfaces, 8(8):5618-5626, 2016 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Miscellaneous Remotely addressable magnetic composite micro-actuators Sitti, M., Diller, E., Miyashita, S. 2016, US Patent 9,281,112 () BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Stretchable, Skin-Mountable, and Wearable Strain Sensors and Their Potential Applications: A Review Amjadi, M., Kyung, K., Park, I., Sitti, M. Advanced Functional Materials, 26(11):1678-1698, 2016 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Article Size optimization of a magnetic system for drug delivery with capsule robots Munoz, F., Alici, G., Li, W., Sitti, M. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 52(5):1-11, 2016 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Book Chapter Untethered Magnetic Micromanipulation Diller, E., Sitti, M. In Micro-and Nanomanipulation Tools, 13, 10, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, November 2015 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Conference Paper Compliant wing design for a flapping wing micro air vehicle Colmenares, D., Kania, R., Zhang, W., Sitti, M. In Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on, :32-39, September 2015 () DOI BibTeX

Physical Intelligence Patent Methods of forming dry adhesive structures Sitti, M., Murphy, M., Aksak, B. September 2015, US Patent 9,120,953 () BibTeX