Abstract: This paper presents a method for fabricating millimeterscale robotic components for minimally invasive surgery. Photolithographic patterning is used to create a framework of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that can be infiltrated ...

Abstract: Action origami is a field of origami dealing with models that are folded so that in their final, deployed state they exhibit motion. Hundreds of action origami models exist, many of which use complicated kinematics to ...

Abstract: This work exploits the advantages of compliant mechanisms (devices that achieve their motion through the deflection of flexible members) to enable the creation of small instruments for minimally invasive surgery (MIS). ...