Fan L-S, Tai Y-C and R S Muller 1988 Integrated moveable micromechanical structures for sensors and actuators IEEE Trans. Electron Devices These motors inspired Karen Marcus at MCNC to create the polyMUMPS process, which first ran commercially in 1992. Zettl group
POLY0 DIMPLE POLY1 ANCHOR1 http://www.sfu.ca/adm/heatuator.html
MicroOptical Bench (Ming Wu, UCLA)
http://www. mie. utoronto http://www.mie.utoronto.ca/faculty/cleghorn/projects/Microassembly/MicroassemblyMainPage.html
Tang, Nguyen, Howe Comb-drive resonator Great for education Electrostatic sensing & actuation Beam theory damping
Issus, 400g acceleration, geared rear legs http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/the-first-gear-discovered-in-nature-15916433?click=pm_latest