Design and evaluation of a pneumatic actuation unit for a wasp-inspired self-propelled needle

• Jette Bloemberg ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: J.Bloemberg@tudelft.nl

  Affiliation Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of BioMechanical Engineering, Bio-Inspired Technology (BITE) Group, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-4165

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• Bruce Hoppener,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of BioMechanical Engineering, Bio-Inspired Technology (BITE) Group, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

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• Bram Coolen,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering & Physics, Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Aimée Sakes,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of BioMechanical Engineering, Bio-Inspired Technology (BITE) Group, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

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• Paul Breedveld

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of BioMechanical Engineering, Bio-Inspired Technology (BITE) Group, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

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