2023

  • Solar powered shape-changing origami microflyers, K. Johnson, V. Arroyos, A. Ferran, A. Aliseda, S. B. Fuller, V. Iyer, and S. Gollakota, Science Robotics (September 13, 2023). [link | video | landing page]
  • Toward sub-gram helicopters: Designing a miniaturized flybar for passive stability, K. Johnson, V. Arroyos, R. Villanueva, A. Schultz, S. B. Fuller, V. Iyer, IEEE Int. Conf. Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (October 2023). [pdf]

2022

  • A gyroscope-free visual-inertial flight control and wind sensing system for 10 mg robots, S. B. Fuller, Z. Yu, and Y. P. Talwekar, Science Robotics (November 23, 2022). [link]
  • Visual confined-space navigation using an efficient learned bilinear optic flow approximation for insect-scale robots, Z. Yu, Gioele Zardini, Andrea Censi, and S. B. Fuller, IEEE Int. Conf. Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), (Kyoto, Japan, October 2022).
  • Insect-inspired AI for autonomous robots, G.C.H.E. de Croon, J.J.G. Dupeyroux, S.B. Fuller, and J.A.R. Marshall, Science Robotics (June 15, 2022). [link]
  • Simultaneous source seeking and obstacle avoidance on a palm-sized drone, N. Elkunchwar, V. Iyer, M. Anderson, K. Balasubramanian, J. Noe, and S. B. Fuller, Int. Conf. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS) (Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 2022).
  • Towards sensor autonomy in sub-gram flying insect-robots: A lightweight and power-efficient avionics system, Y. P. Talwekar,V. Iyer, and S. B. Fuller, IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (Philadelphia, PA USA, May 2022). [pdf]

2021

  • The Python Control Systems Library (python-control), S. B. Fuller, B. Greiner, J. Moore, R. M. Murray, R. van Paasen, and Rory Yorke, IEEE Conf. Decision and Control (CDC) (Austin, Texas, December 2021). [pdf]
  • Ultra-low power localization of insect-scale drones: Interplay of probabilistic filtering and compute-in-memory, P. Shukla, A. Muralidhar, N. Iliev, T. Tulabandhula, S. B. Fuller, and A. Trivedi,  IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (Aug 2021).
  • Toward battery-free free flight: Duty cycled recharging of small drones, N. Elkunchwar, S. Chandrasekaran, V. Iyer, and S. B. Fuller, IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IROS) (Prague, Czech Republic, September 2021). [pdf]
  • A high-voltage power electronics unit for flying insect robots that can modulate wing thrust, J. M. James and S. B. Fuller, IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (Xi’an, China, May 2021).
  • RoboFly: An insect-sized robot with simplified fabrication that is capable of flight, ground, and water surface locomotion, Yogesh Chukewad, Johannes James, Avinash Singh, and Sawyer Fuller, IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2021. [Link] [Arxiv pre-print pdf]
  • Yaw control of a hovering flapping-wing aerial vehicle with a passive wing hinge, Yogesh Chukewad and Sawyer Fuller, IEEE Robotics and automation Letters (RA-L), 2021. [pdf] [video]

2020

  • A bio-hybrid odor-guided autonomous palm-sized air vehicle, M. J. Anderson, J. G. Sullivan, T. Horiuchi, S. B. Fuller, and T. L. Daniel, Bioinspiration and Biomimetics (2020) Vol. 16, No. 2, p. 026002.
  • Wireless steerable vision forlive insects and insect-scale robots, Vikram Iyer, Ali Najafi, Johannes James, Sawyer Fuller, and Shyamnath Gollakota, Science Robotics 5, eabb0839 2020. [link]
  • A laser-microfabricated electrohydrodynamics thruster for centimeter-scale aerial robots, Hari Prasad HK,Vaddi R.S.,Chukewas Y.M., Dedic E, Novosselov I, Fuller S.B., PLoS ONE 15(4): e0231362, 2020. [link]
  • A Device for Rapid, Automated Trimming of Insect-Sized Flying Robots ., Dhingra, D., Chukewad, Y., and Fuller S. B., IEEE Robotics and automation Letters (RA-L), 2020. [pdf] [video].

2019

  • The “Smellicopter”, a bio-hybrid odor localizing nano air vehicle., Anderson, M. J., Sullivan J. G., Talley J. L., Brink K. M., Fuller S. B., and Daniel T. L., IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2019. [pdf].
  • Rapid Inertial Reorientation of an Aerial Insect-sized Robot Using a Piezo-actuated Tail.,Singh, A., Libby, T., Fuller, S.B., IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2019. [pdf]
  • Four Wings: An Insect-Sized Aerial Robot With Steering Ability and Payload Capacity for Autonomy.,Fuller, S.B., IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 4(2), pp.570-577, 2019., [pdf] [video]
  • Living IOT: A Flying Wireless Platform on Live Insects.,Iyer, V., Nandakumar R., Wang,A., Fuller, S.B., Gollakota, S., The 25th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (pp. 1-15), October,2019. [pdf]

2018

  • A new robot fly design that is easier to fabricate and capable of flight and ground locomotion.,Chukewad, Y.M., Singh, A.T., James, J., and Fuller, S.B. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp. 4875-4882). 2018. [pdf] [video]
  • An insect-sized robot that uses a custom-built onboard camera and a neural network to classify and respond to visual input., Balasubramanian, S., Chukewad, Y.M., James, J., Barrows, G.L. and Fuller, S.B., IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BIOROB) (pp. 1297-1302). IEEE . August, 2018., [pdf]
  • “Liftoff of a 190 mg laser-powered aerial vehicle: The lightest wireless robot to fly,” James, J., Iyer, V., Chukewad, Y., Gollakota, S. and Fuller, S.B., IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp. 1-8). IEEE, 2018.,[pdf] [video]

2017

  • S. B. Fuller, Z. E. Teoh, P. Chirarattananon, N. O. Pérez-Arancibia, J. Greenberg, and R. J. Wood. “Stabilizing air dampers for hovering aerial robotics: design, insect-scale flight tests, and scaling,” Autonomous Robots (2017).
  • T. S. Clawson, S. B. Fuller, S. Ferrari, “Robust Hovering Control for Flapping Insect-scale Robots,” IEEE Int. Symp. Series Computational Intelligence (SSCI) (Honolulu, HI, November 2017).
  • T. S. Clawson, S. B. Fuller, S. Ferrari, and R. J. Wood, “A blade element approach to modeling aerodynamic flight of an insect-scale robot,” American Control Conference (ACC) (Seattle, WA, May 2017).
  • Y. Chen, S. B. Fuller, and K. Dantu, “Quadrobee: Simulating flapping wing aerial vehicle dynamics on a Quadrotor”, Int. Conf. Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (2017)

2016

  • M. A. Graule, P. Chirarattananon, S. B. Fuller, N. T. Jafferis, K. Y. Ma, M. Spenko, R. Kornbluh, and R. J. Wood, “Perching and takeoff of a robotic insect on natural and artificial overhangs using switchable electrostatic adhesion,” Science (2016), Vol. 352, No. 6288, pp. 978-982
  • T. S. Clawson, S. Ferrari, S. B. Fuller, and R. J. Wood, “Spiking neural network (SNN) control control of a flapping insect-scale robot,” Int. Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC) (Las Vegas, NV, December 2016).

2015 and earlier

  • S. B. Fuller, J. P. Whitney, and R. J. Wood, “Rotating the heading angle of flapping-wing flyers by wriggle-steering,” IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (2015).
  • E. F. Helbling, S. B. Fuller, and R. J. Wood, “Altitude Estimation and Control of an Insect-Scale Robot with an Onboard Proximity Sensor,” Int. Symp. on Robotics Res. (ISRR) (Sestri Levante, Italy, September 2015).
  • D. Miller, I. Fitzner, S. B. Fuller, and S. Revzen, “Focused Modularity: Rapid Iteration of Design and Fabrication of a Meter-Scale Hexapedal Robot,” Int. Conf. Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR) (Hangzou, China, September 2015).
  • S. B. Fuller, A. D. Straw, M. Peek, R. M. Murray, and M. H. Dickinson, “Flying Drosophila stabilize their vision-based velocity controller by sensing wind with their antennae,” Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (2014) Vol. 111., No. 13, pp. E1182-1191.
  • S. B. Fuller, M. Karpelson, A. Censi, K. Y. Ma, and R. J. Wood, “Controlling free flight of a robotic fly using an onboard vision sensor inspired by insect ocelli,” J. Royal Society Interface (2014) Vol. 11, No. 97.
  • E. F. Helbling, S. B. Fuller, and R. J. Wood, “Pitch and yaw control of a robotic insect using an onboard magnetometer,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (Hong Kong, May 2014).
  • S. B. Fuller & E. F. Helbling, P. Chirarattananon, and R. J. Wood, “Using a MEMS gyroscope to stabilize the attitude of a fly-sized hovering robot,” Int. Conf. Micro Air Vehicles (IMAV) (Delft, the Netherlands, August 2014).
  • K. Y. Ma, P. Chirarattananon, S. B. Fuller, and R. J. Wood, “Controlled flight of a biologically-inspired, insect-scale robot,” Science (2013) Vol. 340, No. 6132, pp. 603-607.
  • S. B. Fuller, A. Sands, A. Haggerty, M. Karpelson, R. J. Wood, “Estimating attitude and wind velocity using biomimetic sensors on a microrobotic bee,” IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (Karlsruhe, Germany, May 2013).
  • Z. E. Teoh, S. B. Fuller, P. Chirarattananon, N. O. Perez-Arancibia, J. Greenberg, and R. J. Wood, “A Hovering flapping-wing microrobot with altitude control and passive upright stability,” IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (Algarve, Portugal, October 2012).
  • S. B. Fuller and R. M. Murray, “An insect-inspired autocorrelation model for visual flight control in a corridor,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) (Phuket, Thailand, December 2011).
  • A. Censi, S. Han, S. B. Fuller, and R. Murray, “A bio-plausible method for attitude stabilization,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC) (Shanghai, China, January 2010).
  • M. Epstein, S. Waydo, S. B. Fuller, A. D. Straw, W. Dickson, M. H. Dickinson, and R. M. Murray, “Biologically inspired feedback for Drosophila flight,” American Control Conf. (ACC) (New York, NY, June 2007).
  • N. E. Sanjana and S. B. Fuller, “A Fast flexible ink-jet printing method for patterning dissociated neurons in culture,” J. Neuroscience Methods (2004) Vol. 136, pp. 151-163.
  • S. B. Fuller, E. J. Wilhelm, and J. M. Jacobson. “Ink-jet printed nanoparticle micro-electromechanical systems,” IEEE/ASME J. Micro-electromechanical Systems (2002) Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 54–60.
  • S. Schell, A. Tretten, J. Burdick, S. B. Fuller, and P. Fiorini, “Hopper on wheels: evolving the hopping robot concept,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Field and Service Robotics (FSR) (Helsinki, Finland, June 2001).
  • S. B. Fuller and J. M. Jacobson, “Ink jet fabricated nanoparticle MEMS,” IEEE Int. Conf. on Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) (Miyazaki, Japan, January 2000).