Description
Robotics for Cell Manipulation and Characterization provides fundamental principles underpinning robotic cell manipulation and characterization, state-of-the-art technical advances in micro/nano robotics, new discoveries of cell biology enabled by robotic systems, and their applications in clinical diagnosis and treatment. This book covers several areas, including robotics, control, computer vision, biomedical engineering and life sciences using understandable figures and tables to enhance readers' comprehension and pinpoint challenges and opportunities for biological and biomedical research.- Focuses on, and comprehensively covers, robotics for cell manipulation and characterization- Highlights recent advances in cell biology and disease treatment enabled by robotic cell manipulation and characterization- Provides insightful outlooks on future challenges and opportunities
Table of Contents
Part I: Robotic cell manipulation1. Introduction of robotics for cell manipulation and characterization2. Robotic cell injection with force sensing and control3. Robotic orientation control and enucleation of cells 4. Robotic cell manipulation for in vitro fertilization5. Robotic cell transport for tissue engineering6. Robotic cell biopsy for disease diagnosis 7. 3D Force-Feedback Optical Tweezers for Experimental Biology8. Magnetically driven robots for clinical treatmentPart II: Robotic cell characterization9. Robotic cell electrophysiological characterization for drug discovery10. Automated cell aspiration for genetic and mechanical analysis11. Cell characterization by nanonewton force sensing12. Cellular mechanical measurement by magnetic robots13. Nanorobotics for investigating cell mechanics based on atomic force microscopy14. Robotic manipulation of zebrafish larva for disease therapy15. Acoustic field to separate cells for health monitoring16. Separation and characterization of cells using electrical field
