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. 2010 Jun 18;3:10. doi: 10.3389/fneng.2010.00010

Table 1.

Summary of observed failure modes.

Broken spring after encapsulation Omnetics interconnect malfunction Impaired movement ability Device isolation from fluid Device mounting failure
Devices with mesh encapsulation (with actuation) Device 1 × ×
Device 2 ×
Device 3 × ×
Device 4 × × × ×
Device 5 ×
Device 6 ×
Device 7 ×
Device 8
Devices (without mesh with actuation) Device 9 ×
Device 10 ×
Control (without mesh without actuation) Device 11 ×
Device 12 ×