Water Strider Robot

Abstract

Water strider robot is a kind of bionic copy of the insect water strider.It stands and moves on the water surface via the support of the surface tension,becoming a new interested research direction in the field of robotics.In this paper,the state of the arts of theory,technology and system development about the water strider robot is mainly introduced.Then,some future key research directions,key technologies and the prospects are pointed out.