Dr. Metin Sitti received the BSc and MSc degrees in electrical and electronics engineering from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 1992 and 1994, respectively, and the PhD degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, in 1999. He was a research scientist at UC Berkeley during 1999-2002. He has been a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA since 2002. He is currently a director at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart. His research interests include small-scale physical intelligence, mobile microrobotics, bio-inspired materials and miniature robots, soft robotics, and micro-/nanomanipulation. He is an IEEE Fellow. He received the SPIE Nanoengineering Pioneer Award in 2011 and NSF CAREER Award in 2005. He received many best paper, video and poster awards in major robotics and adhesion conferences. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics.
Ye, Z., Sitti, M.
Dynamic Trapping and Two-Dimensional Transport of Swimming Microorganisms Using a Rotating Magnetic Micro-Robot
Lab on a Chip, 14(13):2177-2182, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014 (article)
Ozcan, O., Wang, H., Taylor, J. D., Sitti, M.
STRIDE II: a water strider-inspired miniature robot with circular footpads
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 11(6):85, SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England, 2014 (article)
Song, S., Sitti, M.
Soft Grippers Using Micro-Fibrillar Adhesives for Transfer Printing
Advanced Materials, 26(28):4901-4906, 2014 (article)
Campolo, D., Azhar, M., Lau, G., Sitti, M.
Can DC motors directly drive flapping wings at high frequency and large wing strokes?
IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, 19(1):109-120, 2014 (article)
Carlsen, R. W., Edwards, M. R., Zhuang, J., Pacoret, C., Sitti, M.
Magnetic steering control of multi-cellular bio-hybrid microswimmers
Lab on a Chip, 14(19):3850-3859, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014 (article)
Zhuang, J., Wei, G., Carlsen, R. W., Edwards, M. R., Marculescu, R., Bogdan, P., Sitti, M.
Analytical modeling and experimental characterization of chemotaxis in serratia marcescens
Physical Review E, 89(5):052704, American Physical Society, 2014 (article)
Edwards, M. R., Carlsen, R. W., Zhuang, J., Sitti, M.
Swimming characterization of Serratia marcescens for bio-hybrid micro-robotics
Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics, 9(3):47-60, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 (article)
Bennet, M., McCarthy, A., Fix, D., Edwards, M. R., Repp, F., Vach, P., Dunlop, J. W., Sitti, M., Buller, G. S., Klumpp, S., others,
Influence of Magnetic Fields on Magneto-Aerotaxis
PLoS One, 9(7):e101150, Public Library of Science, 2014 (article)
Hines, L., Campolo, D., Sitti, M.
Liftoff of a Motor-Driven, Flapping-Wing Microaerial Vehicle Capable of Resonance
IEEE Trans. on Robotics, 30(1):220-232, IEEE, 2014 (article)
Aksak, B., Sahin, K., Sitti, M.
The optimal shape of elastomer mushroom-like fibers for high and robust adhesion
Beilstein journal of nanotechnology, 5(1):630-638, Beilstein-Institut, 2014 (article)
Sariola, V., Sitti, M.
Mechanically Switchable Elastomeric Microfibrillar Adhesive Surfaces for Transfer Printing
Advanced Materials Interfaces, 1(4):1300159, 2014 (article)
Ye, Z., Edington, C., Russell, A. J., Sitti, M.
Versatile non-contact micro-manipulation method using rotational flows locally induced by magnetic microrobots
In Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), 2014 IEEE/ASME International Conference on, pages: 26-31, 2014 (inproceedings)
Woodward, M. A., Sitti, M.
MultiMo-Bat: A biologically inspired integrated jumping–gliding robot
The International Journal of Robotics Research, 33(12):1511-1529, SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England, 2014 (article)
Ye, Z., Régnier, S., Sitti, M.
Rotating Magnetic Miniature Swimming Robots With Multiple Flexible Flagella
IEEE Trans. on Robotics, 30(1):3-13, 2014 (article)
Lum, G. Z., Diller, E., Sitti, M.
Structural optimization method towards synthesis of small scale flexure-based mobile grippers
In Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2014 IEEE International Conference on, pages: 2339-2344, 2014 (inproceedings)
Diller, E., Sitti, M.
Three-Dimensional Programmable Assembly by Untethered Magnetic Robotic Micro-Grippers
Advanced Functional Materials, 24, pages: 4397-4404, 2014 (article)
Diller, E. D., Giltinan, J., Lum, G. Z., Ye, Z., Sitti, M.
Six-Degrees-of-Freedom Remote Actuation of Magnetic Microrobots.
In Robotics: Science and Systems, 2014 (inproceedings)
Abusomwan, U. A., Sitti, M.
Mechanics of Load–Drag–Unload Contact Cleaning of Gecko-Inspired Fibrillar Adhesives
Langmuir, 30(40):11913-11918, American Chemical Society, 2014 (article)
Sitti, M., Kim, S.
Dry adhesives and methods for making dry adhesives
sep 2013, US Patent App. 14/016,651 (misc)
Sitti, M., Kim, S.
Dry adhesives and methods for making dry adhesives
sep 2013, US Patent App. 14/016,683 (misc)
Sitti, M., Kim, S.
Dry adhesives and methods for making dry adhesives
sep 2013, US Patent 8,524,092 (misc)
Sitti, M., Murphy, M., Aksak, B.
Dry adhesives and methods of making dry adhesives
March 2013, US Patent App. 13/845,702 (misc)
Yim, S., Sitti, M.
3-D Localization Method for a Magnetically Actuated Soft Capsule Endoscope and Its Applications
IEEE Trans. on Robotics, 29(5):1139-1151, 2013 (article)
Thatte, N., Khoramshahi, M., Ijspeert, A., Sitti, M.
Angular Motion Control Using a Closed-Loop CPG for a Water-Running Robot
In Dynamic Walking 2013, (EPFL-CONF-199763), 2013 (inproceedings)
Miyashita, S., Diller, E., Sitti, M.
Two-dimensional magnetic micro-module reconfigurations based on inter-modular interactions
The International Journal of Robotics Research, 32(5):591-613, SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England, 2013 (article)
Piccardo, M., Chateauminois, A., Fretigny, C., Pugno, N. M., Sitti, M.
Contact compliance effects in the frictional response of bioinspired fibrillar adhesives
Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 10(83):20130182, The Royal Society, 2013 (article)
Song, J., Kim, Y. T., Hazar, M., LeDuc, P. R., Davidson, L. A., Sitti, M.
Topological Control of Cell Sheet Migration by the 3D Microenvironment
Biophysical Journal, 104(2):147a, Elsevier, 2013 (article)
Diller, E., Giltinan, J., Sitti, M.
Independent control of multiple magnetic microrobots in three dimensions
The International Journal of Robotics Research, 32(5):614-631, SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England, 2013 (article)
Lum, G. Z., Teo, T. J., Yang, G., Yeo, S. H., Sitti, M.
A hybrid topological and structural optimization method to design a 3-DOF planar motion compliant mechanism
In Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), 2013 IEEE/ASME International Conference on, pages: 247-254, 2013 (inproceedings)
Diller, E., Zhang, N., Sitti, M.
Modular micro-robotic assembly through magnetic actuation and thermal bonding
Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics, 8(3-4):121-131, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013 (article)
Yim, S., Goyal, K., Sitti, M.
Magnetically Actuated Soft Capsule With the Multimodal Drug Release Function
IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, 18(4):1413-1418, IEEE, 2013 (article)
Arabagi, V., Hines, L., Sitti, M.
A simulation and design tool for a passive rotation flapping wing mechanism
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 18(2):787-798, 2013 (article)
Edwards, M. R., Wright Carlsen, R., Sitti, M.
Near and far-wall effects on the three-dimensional motion of bacteria-driven microbeads
Applied Physics Letters, 102(14):143701, AIP, 2013 (article)
Yim, S., Sitti, M.
SoftCubes: towards a soft modular matter
In Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2013 IEEE International Conference on, pages: 530-536, 2013 (inproceedings)
Seo, T., Sitti, M.
Tank-like module-based climbing robot using passive compliant joints
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 18(1):397-408, 2013 (article)
Azhar, M., Campolo, D., Lau, G., Hines, L., Sitti, M.
Flapping wings via direct-driving by DC motors
In Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2013 IEEE International Conference on, pages: 1397-1402, 2013 (inproceedings)
Diller, E., Giltinan, J., Jena, P., Sitti, M.
Three dimensional independent control of multiple magnetic microrobots
In Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2013 IEEE International Conference on, pages: 2576-2581, 2013 (inproceedings)
Song, J., Mengüç, Y., Sitti, M.
Enhanced fabrication and characterization of gecko-inspired mushroom-tipped microfiber adhesives
Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 27(17):1921-1932, Routledge, 2013 (article)
Daler, L., Klaptocz, A., Briod, A., Sitti, M., Floreano, D.
A Perching Mechanism for Flying Robots Using a Fibre-Based Adhesive
In Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2013 IEEE International Conference on, 2013 (inproceedings)
Diller, E., Sitti, M.
Micro-scale mobile robotics
Foundations and Trends in Robotics, 2(3):143-259, Now Publishers Incorporated, 2013 (article)
Sitti, M., Menciassi, A., Ijspeert, A., Low, K. H., Kim, S.
Survey and Introduction to the Focused Section on Bio-Inspired Mechatronics
Mechatronics, IEEE/ASME Transactions on, 18(2):409-418, DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2012. 2233492, 2013 (article)
Diller, E., Zhang, N., Sitti, M.
Bonding methods for modular micro-robotic assemblies
In Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2013 IEEE International Conference on, pages: 2588-2593, 2013 (inproceedings)
Sitti, M., Mengüç, Y.
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for micromanipulation with adhesive fibrillar structures
December 2012, US Patent App. 14/368,079 (misc)
Sitti, M., Murphy, M., Aksak, B.
Dry adhesive structures
December 2012, US Patent App. 13/533,386 (misc)
Sitti, M., Murphy, M., Aksak, B.
Methods of making dry adhesives
June 2012, US Patent 8,206,631 (misc)
Sitti, M., Glass, P. S., Aksak, B.
Method of Molding Simple or Complex Micro and/or Nanopatterned Features on Both Planar or Non-Planar Molded Objects and Surfaces and the Molded Objects Produced Using Same
April 2012, US Patent App. 14/394,172 (misc)
Sitti, M., Murphy, M., Aksak, B.
Dry adhesives and methods for making dry adhesives
March 2012, US Patent App. 13/429,621 (misc)
Onal, C. D., Ozcan, O., Sitti, M.
Automated Tip-Based 2-D Mechanical Assembly of Micro/Nanoparticles
In Feedback Control of MEMS to Atoms, pages: 69-108, Springer US, 2012 (incollection)
Pawashe, C., Floyd, S., Diller, E., Sitti, M.
Two-dimensional autonomous microparticle manipulation strategies for magnetic microrobots in fluidic environments
IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 28(2):467-477, IEEE, 2012 (article)
Ruder, W. C., Pratt, E. D., Bakhru, S., Sitti, M., Zappe, S., Cheng, C., Antaki, J. F., LeDuc, P. R.
Three-dimensional microfiber devices that mimic physiological environments to probe cell mechanics and signaling
Lab on a Chip, 12(10):1775-1779, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2012 (article)
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