Full Description
Microbiorobotics is a new engineering discipline that inherently involves a multidisciplinary approach (mechanical engineering, cellular biology, mathematical modeling, control systems, synthetic biology, etc). Building robotics system in the micro scale is an engineering task that has resulted in many important applications, ranging from micromanufacturing techniques to cellular manipulation. However, it is also a very challenging engineering task. One of the reasons is because many engineering ideas and principles that are used in larger scales do not scale well to the micro-scale. For example, locomotion principles in a fluid do not function in the same way, and the use of rotational motors is impractical because of the difficulty of building of the required components.
Contents
IntroductionB: Fundamentals of Cellular MechanicsB.1: Fluid-structure Interactions and Flagellar ActuationB.2: Mathematical Models for Swimming BacteriaB.3: Tetrahymena pyriformis in Motion C: Theoretical MicrobioroboticsC.1: Piezoelectric Cellular Actuators with Nested Rhombus Strain Amplification C.2: Stochastic Models and Control of Bacterial Bioactuators and BiomicrorobotsC.3: Stochastic Model and Control in MicrobioroboticsD: Experimental MicrobioroboticsD.1: Bacteria-Inspired MicrorobotsD.2: Magnetotactic Bacteria for MicroroboticsD.3: Flexible magnetic microswimmersD.4: Bacteria-Powered MicrorobotsD.5: Control of Tetrahymena pyriformis as a MicrorobotE: Perspectives and Outlook
