TY - JOUR
T1 - A stepping microrobot controlled by flow oscillations
AU - Ishikawa, Takuji
AU - Vladimirov, V. A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 by ASME.
PY - 2015/8/1
Y1 - 2015/8/1
N2 - A self-locomotive microrobot can be a key technology for medical applications, manufacturing, or micro total analysis systems (μTAS). Although previous studies have mostly used magnetic, electric, chemical, or optical forces to control microrobots, we utilized flow oscillations. The results showed that the locomotion of the microrobot was stepwise near a wall when the oscillations were applied both horizontally and vertically. The most efficient microrobot was capable of propelling itself about 2 x 10-3 times its radius during one oscillation period. These results illustrate that the proposed stepping microrobot has great potential for future applications.
AB - A self-locomotive microrobot can be a key technology for medical applications, manufacturing, or micro total analysis systems (μTAS). Although previous studies have mostly used magnetic, electric, chemical, or optical forces to control microrobots, we utilized flow oscillations. The results showed that the locomotion of the microrobot was stepwise near a wall when the oscillations were applied both horizontally and vertically. The most efficient microrobot was capable of propelling itself about 2 x 10-3 times its radius during one oscillation period. These results illustrate that the proposed stepping microrobot has great potential for future applications.
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U2 - 10.1115/1.4029840
DO - 10.1115/1.4029840
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84961361646
SN - 0098-2202
VL - 137
JO - Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME
JF - Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME
IS - 8
M1 - 084501
ER -