Cooperative Micromanipulation Using the Independent Actuation of Fifty Microrobots in Parallel

Abstract Micromanipulation for applications in areas such as tissue engineering can require mesoscale structures to be assembled with microscale resolution. One method for achieving such manipulation is the parallel actuation of many microrobots in parallel. However, current microrobot systems lack...

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Autores principales:	M. Arifur Rahman, Julian Cheng, Zhidong Wang, Aaron T. Ohta
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c8ec7d491cac475a8da271a9ba360edb2021-12-02T12:32:44ZCooperative Micromanipulation Using the Independent Actuation of Fifty Microrobots in Parallel10.1038/s41598-017-03525-y2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/c8ec7d491cac475a8da271a9ba360edb2017-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03525-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Micromanipulation for applications in areas such as tissue engineering can require mesoscale structures to be assembled with microscale resolution. One method for achieving such manipulation is the parallel actuation of many microrobots in parallel. However, current microrobot systems lack the independent actuation of many entities in parallel. Here, the independent actuation of fifty opto-thermocapillary flow-addressed bubble (OFB) microrobots in parallel is demonstrated. Individual microrobots and groups of microrobots were moved along linear, circular, and arbitrary 2D trajectories. The independent addressing of many microrobots enables higher-throughput microassembly of micro-objects, and cooperative manipulation using multiple microrobots. Demonstrations of manipulation with multiple OFB microrobots include the transportation of microstructures using a pair or team of microrobots, and the cooperative manipulation of multiple micro-objects. The results presented here represent an order of magnitude increase in the number of independently actuated microrobots in parallel as compared to other magnetically or electrostatically actuated microrobots, and a factor of two increase as compared to previous demonstrations of OFB microrobots.M. Arifur RahmanJulian ChengZhidong WangAaron T. OhtaNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q M. Arifur Rahman Julian Cheng Zhidong Wang Aaron T. Ohta Cooperative Micromanipulation Using the Independent Actuation of Fifty Microrobots in Parallel
description	Abstract Micromanipulation for applications in areas such as tissue engineering can require mesoscale structures to be assembled with microscale resolution. One method for achieving such manipulation is the parallel actuation of many microrobots in parallel. However, current microrobot systems lack the independent actuation of many entities in parallel. Here, the independent actuation of fifty opto-thermocapillary flow-addressed bubble (OFB) microrobots in parallel is demonstrated. Individual microrobots and groups of microrobots were moved along linear, circular, and arbitrary 2D trajectories. The independent addressing of many microrobots enables higher-throughput microassembly of micro-objects, and cooperative manipulation using multiple microrobots. Demonstrations of manipulation with multiple OFB microrobots include the transportation of microstructures using a pair or team of microrobots, and the cooperative manipulation of multiple micro-objects. The results presented here represent an order of magnitude increase in the number of independently actuated microrobots in parallel as compared to other magnetically or electrostatically actuated microrobots, and a factor of two increase as compared to previous demonstrations of OFB microrobots.
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title	Cooperative Micromanipulation Using the Independent Actuation of Fifty Microrobots in Parallel
title_short	Cooperative Micromanipulation Using the Independent Actuation of Fifty Microrobots in Parallel
title_full	Cooperative Micromanipulation Using the Independent Actuation of Fifty Microrobots in Parallel
title_fullStr	Cooperative Micromanipulation Using the Independent Actuation of Fifty Microrobots in Parallel
title_full_unstemmed	Cooperative Micromanipulation Using the Independent Actuation of Fifty Microrobots in Parallel
title_sort	cooperative micromanipulation using the independent actuation of fifty microrobots in parallel
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/c8ec7d491cac475a8da271a9ba360edb
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Cooperative Micromanipulation Using the Independent Actuation of Fifty Microrobots in Parallel

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