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2022
Method of fabricating a shape-changeable magnetic member, method of producing a shape changeable magnetic member and shape changeable magnetic member
June 2022, US Patent 11,373,791 (misc)
Data for BirdBot Achieves Energy-Efficient Gait with Minimal Control Using Avian-Inspired Leg Clutching
Badri-Spröwitz, A., Sarvestani, A. A., Sitti, M., Daley, M. A.
Edmond, March 2022 (techreport)
2021
Method for producing a structure with spatial encoded functionality
August 2021, US Patent 11,084,718, 2021 (misc)
Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution: interfacial engineering for improved photocatalysis in a charge storing 2D carbon nitride: melamine functionalized poly (heptazine imide)(Adv. Energy Mater. 6/2021)
Kroeger, J., Jimnez‐Solano, A., Savasci, G., Rovo, P., Moudrakovski, I., Kuester, K., Schlomberg, H., Vignolo‐Gonzalez, H. A., Duppel, V., Grunenberg, L., Dayan, C. B., Sitti, M., Podjaski, F., Ochsenfeld, C., Lotsch, B. V.
Advanced Energy Materials, 11(6):2170028, 2021 (misc)
Method of making one or more fibrils, computer implemented method of simulating an adhesive force of one or more fibrils and fibril
2021, EP Prio. Patent App. 21 162 253.5 (mpi_year_book)
Kirigami metastructures: liquid-crystal-elastomer-actuated reconfigurable microscale kirigami metastructures (Adv. Mater. 25/2021)
Zhang, M., Shahsavan, H., Guo, Y., Pena-Francesch, A., Zhang, Y., Sitti, M.
Advanced Materials, 33(25):2170195, 2021 (misc)
Scientific Report 2016 - 2021
2021 (mpi_year_book)
This report presents research done at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems from January2016 to November 2021. It is our fourth report since the founding of the institute in 2011. Dueto the fact that the upcoming evaluation is an extended one, the report covers a longer reportingperiod.This scientific report is organized as follows: we begin with an overview of the institute, includingan outline of its structure, an introduction of our latest research departments, and a presentationof our main collaborative initiatives and activities (Chapter1). The central part of the scientificreport consists of chapters on the research conducted by the institute’s departments (Chapters2to6) and its independent research groups (Chapters7 to24), as well as the work of the institute’scentral scientific facilities (Chapter25). For entities founded after January 2016, the respectivereport sections cover work done from the date of the establishment of the department, group, orfacility. These chapters are followed by a summary of selected outreach activities and scientificevents hosted by the institute (Chapter26). The scientific publications of the featured departmentsand research groups published during the 6-year review period complete this scientific report.
Smart actuators: liquid crystal elastomer-based magnetic composite films for reconfigurable shape-morphing soft Miniature Machines (Adv. Mater. 8/2021)
Zhang, J., Guo, Y., Hu, W., Soon, R. H., Davidson, Z. S., Sitti, M.
Advanced Materials, 33(8):2170054, 2021 (misc)
2020
Simultaneous calibration method for magnetic locialization and actuation systems
2020, US Patent App. 16/696,605 (misc)
The invention relates to a method of simultaneously calibrating magnetic actuation and sensing systems for a workspace, wherein the actuation system comprises a plurality of magnetic actuators and the sensing system comprises a plurality of magnetic sensors, wherein all the measured data is fed into a calibration model, wherein the calibration model is based on a sensor measurement model and a magnetic actuation model, and wherein a solution of the model parameters is found via a numerical solver order to calibrate both the actuation and sensing systems at the same time.
2019
Scientific Report 2016 - 2018
2019 (mpi_year_book)
This report presents research done at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems from
January 2016 to December 2018. It is our third report since the founding of the institute in 2011.
This status report is organized as follows: we begin with an overview of the institute, including
its organizational structure (Chapter 1). The central part of the scientific report consists of chapters
on the research conducted by the institute’s departments (Chapters 2 to 5) and its independent
research groups (Chapters 6 to 18), as well as the work of the institute’s central scientific facilities
(Chapter 19). For entities founded after January 2016, the respective report sections cover work
done from the date of the establishment of the department, group, or facility.
2016
System and method to magnetically actuate a capsule endoscopic robot for diagnosis and treatment
Sitti, M., Yim, S.
2016, US Patent 9,445,711 (misc)
Present invention describes a swallowable device with a soft, compliant exterior, whose shape can be changed through the use of magnetic fields, and which can be locomoted in a rolling motion through magnetic control from the exterior of the patient. The present invention could be used for a variety of medical applications inside the GI tract including but not limited to drug delivery, biopsy, heat cauterization, pH sensing, biochemical sensing, micro-surgery, and active imaging.
Remotely addressable magnetic composite micro-actuators
Sitti, M., Diller, E., Miyashita, S.
2016, US Patent 9,281,112 (misc)
The present invention describes methods to fabricate actuators that can be remotely controlled in an addressable manner, and methods to provide remote control such micro-actuators. The actuators are composites of two permanent magnet materials, one of which is has high coercivity, and the other of which switches magnetization direction by applied fields. By switching the second material's magnetization direction, the two magnets either work together or cancel each other, resulting in distinct “on” and “off” behavior of the devices. The device can be switched “on” or “off” remotely using a field pulse of short duration.
2014
The design of microfibers with mushroom-shaped tips for optimal adhesion
Sitti, M., Aksak, B.
February 2014, US Patent App. 14/766,561 (misc)
Opto-thermal micro-transportation for cellular microbiology
University of Hawai’i at Manoa, 2014 (phdthesis)
2013
Dry adhesives and methods for making dry adhesives
Sitti, M., Kim, S.
sep 2013, US Patent App. 14/016,651 (misc)
Dry adhesives and methods for making dry adhesives
Sitti, M., Kim, S.
sep 2013, US Patent App. 14/016,683 (misc)
Dry adhesives and methods for making dry adhesives
Sitti, M., Kim, S.
sep 2013, US Patent 8,524,092 (misc)
Dry adhesives and methods of making dry adhesives
Sitti, M., Murphy, M., Aksak, B.
March 2013, US Patent App. 13/845,702 (misc)
2012
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for micromanipulation with adhesive fibrillar structures
Sitti, M., Mengüç, Y.
December 2012, US Patent App. 14/368,079 (misc)
Dry adhesive structures
Sitti, M., Murphy, M., Aksak, B.
December 2012, US Patent App. 13/533,386 (misc)
Methods of making dry adhesives
Sitti, M., Murphy, M., Aksak, B.
June 2012, US Patent 8,206,631 (misc)
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
Sitti, M., Glass, P. S., Aksak, B.
April 2012, US Patent App. 14/394,172 (misc)
Dry adhesives and methods for making dry adhesives
Sitti, M., Murphy, M., Aksak, B.
March 2012, US Patent App. 13/429,621 (misc)
2011
Atomic Force Microscopy Based Nanorobotics: Modelling, Simulation, Setup Building and Experiments
Xie, H., Onal, C., Régnier, S., Sitti, M.
Springer, 2011 (misc)
2009
Biologically Inspired Polymer Microfibrillar Arrays for Mask Sealing
Cheung, E., Aksak, B., Sitti, M.
CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA, 2009 (techreport)
2008
Biologically Inspired Polymer Micro-Patterned Adhesives
Cheung, E., Sitti, M.
EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD, 2008 (techreport)
2007
Space exploration-towards bio-inspired climbing robots
Menon, C., Murphy, M., Sitti, M., Lan, N.
INTECH Open Access Publisher, 2007 (misc)
Stickybricks: An adhesion-based modular self-reconfigurable robotic system
Schweikardt, E., Sitti, M.
2007 (misc)
2005
Adhesive microstructure and method of forming same
Fearing, R. S., Sitti, M.
March 2005, US Patent 6,872,439 (misc)