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

Author: Jette Bloemberg
Department of BioMechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology
Contact information: j.bloemberg@tudelft.nl


** Description of the data in this dataset **

Supporting information.docx contains the supporting information underlying the publication "Design and evaluation of a pneumatic actuation unit for a wasp-inspired self-propelled needle". The appendices (S2 Appendix. Phantom experiment protocol, S6 Appendix. Magnetic resonance parameters, S7 Appendix. MRI experiment protocol) can be read in Supporting information.docx. 

S1_Software_Arduino.ino contains the Arduino program code for the phantom and MRI experiments in this study. This code can be run in the Arduino IDE (Integrated Development Environment) software by uploading it to the Arduino Uno board. The Arduino IDE software can be downloaded on the Arduino website: https://www.arduino.cc/en/software.  
	
S3_SlipPneumaticOvipositorNeedle.m requires the supplementary raw data set of the phantom experiment (i.e., S4 Data). Therefore, in the MATLAB code you need to replace 'C:\path\your\data\folder\' with the actual path to your downloaded S4_Data.zip folder. 

S4_Data.zip contains the raw data sets of the phantom experiment. 

S5_VideoPhantom.mp4 contains a video of the actuation unit and needle tip in the gelatin phantom for Condition S4-I01. 

S8_VideoMRI.mp4 contains the dynamic MRI video of the experiment in ex vivo porcine liver tissue. 

