R. Sriramshankar, R. Sri Muthu Mrinalini, G. Jayanth
{"title":"Design and fabrication of a flexural harmonic AFM probe with an exchangeable tip","authors":"R. Sriramshankar, R. Sri Muthu Mrinalini, G. Jayanth","doi":"10.1007/s12213-017-0100-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12213-017-0100-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44493,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics","volume":"13 1","pages":"39 - 53"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12213-017-0100-z","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52751555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Somanna A. Kollimada, Sreenath Balakrishnan, C. K. Malhi, Shilpa R. Raju, M. Suma, Saumitra Das, G. K. Ananthasuresh
{"title":"A micro-mechanical device for in-situ stretching of single cells cultured on it","authors":"Somanna A. Kollimada, Sreenath Balakrishnan, C. K. Malhi, Shilpa R. Raju, M. Suma, Saumitra Das, G. K. Ananthasuresh","doi":"10.1007/s12213-017-0102-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12213-017-0102-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44493,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics","volume":"13 1","pages":"27 - 37"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2017-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12213-017-0102-x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52751639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fast, repeatable and precise magnetic actuation in ambient environments at the micrometer scale","authors":"A. Bolopion, Soukeyna Bouchebout, S. Régnier","doi":"10.1007/s12213-017-0101-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12213-017-0101-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44493,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics","volume":"13 1","pages":"55 - 66"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2017-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12213-017-0101-y","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52751579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Chowdhury, B. Johnson, Wuming Jing, D. Cappelleri
{"title":"Designing local magnetic fields and path planning for independent actuation of multiple mobile microrobots","authors":"S. Chowdhury, B. Johnson, Wuming Jing, D. Cappelleri","doi":"10.1007/s12213-017-0094-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12213-017-0094-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44493,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics","volume":"12 1","pages":"21 - 31"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2017-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12213-017-0094-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52751516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Federico Ongaro, Stefano Scheggi, ChangKyu Yoon, Frank van den Brink, Seung Hyun Oh, David H Gracias, Sarthak Misra
{"title":"Autonomous planning and control of soft untethered grippers in unstructured environments.","authors":"Federico Ongaro, Stefano Scheggi, ChangKyu Yoon, Frank van den Brink, Seung Hyun Oh, David H Gracias, Sarthak Misra","doi":"10.1007/s12213-016-0091-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12213-016-0091-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The use of small, maneuverable, untethered and reconfigurable robots could provide numerous advantages in various micromanipulation tasks. Examples include microassembly, pick-and-place of fragile micro-objects for lab-on-a-chip applications, assisted hatching for <i>in-vitro</i> fertilization and minimally invasive surgery. This study assesses the potential of soft untethered magnetic grippers as alternatives or complements to conventional tethered or rigid micromanipulators. We demonstrate closed-loop control of untethered grippers and automated pick-and-place of biological material on porcine tissue in an unstructured environment. We also demonstrate the ability of the soft grippers to recognize and sort non-biological micro-scale objects. The fully autonomous nature of the experiments is made possible by the integration of planning and decision-making algorithms, as well as by closed-loop temperature and electromagnetic motion control. The grippers are capable of completing pick-and-place tasks of biological material at an average velocity of 1.8 ±0.71 mm/s and a drop-off error of 0.62 ±0.22 mm. Color-sensitive sorting of three micro-scale objects is completed at a velocity of 1.21 ±0.68 mm/s and a drop-off error of 0.85 ±0.41 mm. Our findings suggest that improved autonomous untethered grippers could augment the capabilities of current soft-robotic instruments especially in advancedtasks involving manipulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":44493,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics","volume":"12 1","pages":"45-52"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12213-016-0091-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35556933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marco Mura, Yasmeen Abu-Kheil, G. Ciuti, Marco Visentini-Scarzanella, A. Menciassi, P. Dario, J. Dias, L. Seneviratne
{"title":"Vision-based haptic feedback for capsule endoscopy navigation: a proof of concept","authors":"Marco Mura, Yasmeen Abu-Kheil, G. Ciuti, Marco Visentini-Scarzanella, A. Menciassi, P. Dario, J. Dias, L. Seneviratne","doi":"10.1007/s12213-016-0090-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12213-016-0090-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44493,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics","volume":"11 1","pages":"35 - 45"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2016-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12213-016-0090-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52751505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Instantaneous wing kinematics tracking and force control of a high-frequency flapping wing insect MAV","authors":"Jian Zhang, Bo Cheng, Xinyan Deng","doi":"10.1007/s12213-015-0085-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12213-015-0085-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44493,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics","volume":"11 1","pages":"67 - 84"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2016-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12213-015-0085-4","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52751344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}