THE MILLI-ROBOT

SOMIRO-initial-concept

Features:

  • PROPULSION
    Motion will be ondulating soft fins on both sides of milli-robot body, allowing forward and backward motion, as well as steering.
  • AUTONOMY IN ENERGY, CONTROL AND MOTION
    SOMIRO will harvest energy only from the normal ambient, it will decide on its own where to go, in which direction and when to perform given tasks.
  • SENSING AND COMMUNICATION
    It will measure presence and concentration of chemical compounds relevant for precision agriculture and use wireless optical communication.

Eight fundamental technologies to achieve SOMIRO’s goal:

Traveling wave locomotion for swimming soft milli-robots

Ultra-flexible high efficiency solar cells

Thin and flexible multilayer capacitors

Ultra-low power visible light backscatter communication technology

Ultra-low power nano-MOS based gas sensing

Stretchable RF-electronics and soft digital printed circuit board (PCB) technology

High-efficiency power converter

Soft actuators and autonomous insect-sized soft robots

TESTING AREAS

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RISO PRECISO PADDY FIELD

Novara (Italy)

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THE CIRCLE AQUAPONIC SYSTEM

Roma (Italy)

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