Design and evaluation of a mechanical pencil-based actuator for a wasp-inspired needle

• Jette Bloemberg ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft

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

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

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

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• Mario van der Wel,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Electronic and Mechanical Support Division, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

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• Aimée Sakes,

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

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

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