Microbiorobotics: Biologically Inspired Microscale Robotic Systems, Second Edition presents information on a new engineering discipline that takes a multidisciplinary approach to accomplish precise manipulation of microscale spaces.
Microorganisms have evolved various mechanisms to thrive in microscale environments and are therefore a useful tool for use in many applications, ranging from micromanufacturing techniques, to cellular manipulation. In the context of microrobotics, biological microrobots can directly harness the microorganisms for propulsive and sensing power and synthetic microrobots can mimic the microorganisms’ motions for effective locomotion.
This second edition covers new advances and insights that have emerged in recent years. Several new chapters have been added on important new research areas, with existing chapters thoroughly revised. In particular, increased coverage is given to fluid dynamics of microswimmers in nature.
1. Part 1: Introduction - p. xix 2. Motivation for microbiorobotics - p. xxiii 3. Historical overview - p. xxvii 4. About this book - p. xxxv 5. Part 2: Theoretical Microbiorobotics - p. xxxvi 6. Chapter 1: Controlling swarms of robots with global inputs: Breaking symmetry - p. xxxvi 7. Chapter 2: Optimization of magnetic forces for drug delivery in the inner ear - p. 20 8. Part 3: Biological Microrobots - p. 36 9. Chapter 3: Development of active controllable tumor targeting bacteriobot - p. 36 10. Chapter 4: Control of magnetotactic bacteria - p. 60 11. Chapter 5: Obstacle avoidance for bacteria-powered microrobots - p. 79 12. Chapter 6: Interacting with boundaries - p. 105 13. Part 4: Synthetic Microrobots - p. 112 14. Chapter 7: Control of three bead achiral robotic microswimmers - p. 112 15. Chapter 8: Micro- and nanorobots in Newtonian and biological viscoelastic fluids - p. 131 16. Chapter 9: Magnetic microrobots for microbiology - p. 162 17. Chapter 10: Magnetic mobile microrobots for mechanobiology and automated biomanipulation - p. 195 18. Chapter 11: Magnetic swarm control of microorganisms - p. 219 19. Perspectives and outlook - p. 245 20. Index - p. 247
Microbiorobotics: Biologically Inspired Microscale Robotic Systems, Second Edition presents information on a new engineering discipline that takes a multidisciplinary approach to accomplish precise manipulation of microscale spaces.
Microorganisms have evolved various mechanisms to thrive in microscale environments and are therefore a useful tool for use in many applications, ranging from micromanufacturing techniques, to cellular manipulation. In the context of microrobotics, biological microrobots can directly harness the microorganisms for propulsive and sensing power and synthetic microrobots can mimic the microorganisms’ motions for effective locomotion.
This second edition covers new advances and insights that have emerged in recent years. Several new chapters have been added on important new research areas, with existing chapters thoroughly revised. In particular, increased coverage is given to fluid dynamics of microswimmers in nature.
1. Part 1: Introduction - p. xix 2. Motivation for microbiorobotics - p. xxiii 3. Historical overview - p. xxvii 4. About this book - p. xxxv 5. Part 2: Theoretical Microbiorobotics - p. xxxvi 6. Chapter 1: Controlling swarms of robots with global inputs: Breaking symmetry - p. xxxvi 7. Chapter 2: Optimization of magnetic forces for drug delivery in the inner ear - p. 20 8. Part 3: Biological Microrobots - p. 36 9. Chapter 3: Development of active controllable tumor targeting bacteriobot - p. 36 10. Chapter 4: Control of magnetotactic bacteria - p. 60 11. Chapter 5: Obstacle avoidance for bacteria-powered microrobots - p. 79 12. Chapter 6: Interacting with boundaries - p. 105 13. Part 4: Synthetic Microrobots - p. 112 14. Chapter 7: Control of three bead achiral robotic microswimmers - p. 112 15. Chapter 8: Micro- and nanorobots in Newtonian and biological viscoelastic fluids - p. 131 16. Chapter 9: Magnetic microrobots for microbiology - p. 162 17. Chapter 10: Magnetic mobile microrobots for mechanobiology and automated biomanipulation - p. 195 18. Chapter 11: Magnetic swarm control of microorganisms - p. 219 19. Perspectives and outlook - p. 245 20. Index - p. 247
