TY - GEN
T1 - Robotic-investigators for microorganisms in a microfluidic chip
AU - Sugita, Masakuni
AU - Kawahara, Tomohiro
AU - Hagiwara, Masaya
AU - Yamanishi, Yoko
AU - Arai, Fumihito
PY - 2012/5/7
Y1 - 2012/5/7
N2 - In this paper, we propose 3 degree-of-freedom dual-arm microrobot called Robotic-Investigator (RI) which enables manipulation and force sensing for microorganisms in a microfluidic chip. The untethered RI is actuated by permanent magnets. Therefore, the RI can supply mN order force to stimulate microorganisms with measuring the applied force. To develop the untethered RI with force sensing structure, the layered fabrication technique and on-chip separation mechanism are introduced. Through the basic experiment, we confirmed that the untethered RI with thin structure was developed by proposed fabrication methods without any damage to RI. We also perform the manipulation and force sensing experiment for microorganisms in a microfluidic chip by the developed RI.
AB - In this paper, we propose 3 degree-of-freedom dual-arm microrobot called Robotic-Investigator (RI) which enables manipulation and force sensing for microorganisms in a microfluidic chip. The untethered RI is actuated by permanent magnets. Therefore, the RI can supply mN order force to stimulate microorganisms with measuring the applied force. To develop the untethered RI with force sensing structure, the layered fabrication technique and on-chip separation mechanism are introduced. Through the basic experiment, we confirmed that the untethered RI with thin structure was developed by proposed fabrication methods without any damage to RI. We also perform the manipulation and force sensing experiment for microorganisms in a microfluidic chip by the developed RI.
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U2 - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2012.6170373
DO - 10.1109/MEMSYS.2012.6170373
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84860442717
SN - 9781467303248
T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
SP - 1177
EP - 1180
BT - 2012 IEEE 25th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2012
T2 - 2012 IEEE 25th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2012
Y2 - 29 January 2012 through 2 February 2012
ER -