Interactive actuation of multiple opto-thermocapillary flow-addressed bubble microrobots

Opto-thermocapillary flow-addressed bubble (OFB) microrobots are a potential tool for the efficient transportation of micro-objects. This microrobot system uses light patterns to generate thermal gradients within a liquid medium, creating thermocapillary forces that actuate the bubble microrobots. A...

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Autores principales: Hu, Wenqi, Fan, Qihui, Ohta, Aaron T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4323085/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25678988
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40638-014-0014-3
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description Opto-thermocapillary flow-addressed bubble (OFB) microrobots are a potential tool for the efficient transportation of micro-objects. This microrobot system uses light patterns to generate thermal gradients within a liquid medium, creating thermocapillary forces that actuate the bubble microrobots. An interactive control system that includes scanning mirrors and a touchscreen interface was developed to address up to ten OFB microrobots. Using this system, the parallel and cooperative transportation of 20-μm-diameter polystyrene beads was demonstrated.
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spelling pubmed-43230852015-02-10 Interactive actuation of multiple opto-thermocapillary flow-addressed bubble microrobots Hu, Wenqi Fan, Qihui Ohta, Aaron T Robotics Biomim Article Opto-thermocapillary flow-addressed bubble (OFB) microrobots are a potential tool for the efficient transportation of micro-objects. This microrobot system uses light patterns to generate thermal gradients within a liquid medium, creating thermocapillary forces that actuate the bubble microrobots. An interactive control system that includes scanning mirrors and a touchscreen interface was developed to address up to ten OFB microrobots. Using this system, the parallel and cooperative transportation of 20-μm-diameter polystyrene beads was demonstrated. 2014-10-23 2014-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4323085/ /pubmed/25678988 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40638-014-0014-3 Text en © 2014 Hu et al.; licensee Springer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.
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