Data underlying the publication "Design and evaluation of a mechanical pencil-based actuator for a wasp-inspired needle"

<strong>Supporting information underlying the publication "Design and evaluation of a mechanical pencil-based actuator for a wasp-inspired needle":</strong><br><strong>S1 Data. Raw data set [Data.xlsx]</strong>To evaluate the performance of the ONCA, we conducted experiments in air and gelatin phantoms. The goal was to investigate the needle’s insertion performance in terms of its motion efficiency. More specifically, we investigated how the needle’s motion efficiency was influenced by two factors: (1) the slip between the needle segments and the advance mechanisms, which reflects the actuation system’s clamp performance, and (2) the slip between the stationary needle segments and the substrate (i.e., gelatin phantoms), which reflects the needle’s self-propulsion performance.