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Review of Bionic Crawling Micro-Robots

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This article introduces and explores the current frontier four-legged (quadruped) and six-legged (hexapod) crawling micro-robots. The performances of various crawling micro-robots are compared, and their driving modes are analyzed. Moreover, the research status of crawling micro-robots is summarized, and the future application prospects and development directions of these robots are put forward.

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Wang, C., Li, H., Zhang, Z. et al. Review of Bionic Crawling Micro-Robots. J Intell Robot Syst 105, 56 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-022-01649-6

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