Pan began researching insectoid robots as early as 1999, and had soon started work on a six-legged robotic beetle. He designed mechanical structures, installed servomotors, developed motor controllers, put in microcontrollers and infrared sensors ….
1999 年潘同泰開始研究昆蟲機器人，從機械構造、安裝伺服馬達、設計馬達控制器，到電腦控制器、紅外線感測器等，一隻六足甲蟲機器人就此成形。