{"title":"Modelling and Control of Flagellate Micro-Robots Motion","authors":"Mohammad Landarani, Majid Sadedel","doi":"10.1007/s40997-024-00787-6","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Recent years have seen significant advancements in micro-robotics technology. The reason for the use of micro-robots lies in their unique advantages over larger robotic systems. Their small size allows them to perform tasks in inaccessible spaces, offering a level of precision and flexibility that is unmatched. This makes them particularly useful in the medical field, where they can be used for targeted drug delivery, tissue engineering, and minimally invasive surgeries, significantly reducing recovery times and improving patient outcomes. So far, micro-robots have been designed and controlled using various flagella and configurations. This study introduces a new flagella arrangement for micro-robots, utilizing five flagella: one at the center of the micro-robot and four surrounding it at equal 90-degree angles and distances. The results indicate that this flagella arrangement enhances the speed and maneuverability of the micro-robot compared to previous models. Additionally, this research explores different motions by varying the rotational frequencies of the flagella, enabling the micro-robot to reach its goal from a starting point through controlled sequences of motions.</p>","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40997-024-00787-6","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Recent years have seen significant advancements in micro-robotics technology. The reason for the use of micro-robots lies in their unique advantages over larger robotic systems. Their small size allows them to perform tasks in inaccessible spaces, offering a level of precision and flexibility that is unmatched. This makes them particularly useful in the medical field, where they can be used for targeted drug delivery, tissue engineering, and minimally invasive surgeries, significantly reducing recovery times and improving patient outcomes. So far, micro-robots have been designed and controlled using various flagella and configurations. This study introduces a new flagella arrangement for micro-robots, utilizing five flagella: one at the center of the micro-robot and four surrounding it at equal 90-degree angles and distances. The results indicate that this flagella arrangement enhances the speed and maneuverability of the micro-robot compared to previous models. Additionally, this research explores different motions by varying the rotational frequencies of the flagella, enabling the micro-robot to reach its goal from a starting point through controlled sequences of motions.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.