Untethered Small-Scale Robots for Biomedical Applications introduces the principle, design, fabrication and application of small-scale robots for biomedical applications. Robots in the scale of nanometer, micrometer and millimeter are described in detail, along with their impact on the field of biomedical engineering. The selected examples of robots across different scales are of the most essential and innovative designs in a small-scale robot with various application settings for biomechanics characterization, drug delivery and surgical procedure. The representative robots represented operate robustly and safely in complex physiological environments where they have a transformative impact in bioengineering and healthcare.
This book will lead the audience to the field of small-scale robots through the description of the physics in the small scale, design and fabrication of small-scale robots, and how these robots may impact the future of biomedical studies and minimally-invasive surgical procedures.
1. Untethered Small-Scale Robots for Biomedical Applications - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page i 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Contents - p. Page v 7. Contributors - p. Page v 8. List of Illustrations - p. Page viii 9. List of Tables - p. Page ix 10. Chapter 1 : Actuation and biomedical development of micro/nanorobots – a review - p. Page ix 11. Chapter 2 : Magnetic micro/nanorobots for intracellular and intraembryonic measurement - p. Page 23 12. Chapter 3 : Ultra-extensible ribbon-like magnetic microswarm - p. Page 45 13. Chapter 4 : Biohybrid microrobots driven by sperm - p. Page 61 14. Chapter 5 : Minimalist milliscale robot construction by M-spray - p. Page 73 15. Chapter 6 : Microrobots and micromachines based on optoelectronic tweezers - p. Page 99 16. Chapter 7 : Small-scale robots with programmable magnetization profiles - p. Page 115 17. Chapter 8 : Conclusions - p. Page 136 18. Index - p. Page 142
Untethered Small-Scale Robots for Biomedical Applications introduces the principle, design, fabrication and application of small-scale robots for biomedical applications. Robots in the scale of nanometer, micrometer and millimeter are described in detail, along with their impact on the field of biomedical engineering. The selected examples of robots across different scales are of the most essential and innovative designs in a small-scale robot with various application settings for biomechanics characterization, drug delivery and surgical procedure. The representative robots represented operate robustly and safely in complex physiological environments where they have a transformative impact in bioengineering and healthcare.
This book will lead the audience to the field of small-scale robots through the description of the physics in the small scale, design and fabrication of small-scale robots, and how these robots may impact the future of biomedical studies and minimally-invasive surgical procedures.
1. Untethered Small-Scale Robots for Biomedical Applications - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Front Matter - p. Page i 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Contents - p. Page v 7. Contributors - p. Page v 8. List of Illustrations - p. Page viii 9. List of Tables - p. Page ix 10. Chapter 1 : Actuation and biomedical development of micro/nanorobots – a review - p. Page ix 11. Chapter 2 : Magnetic micro/nanorobots for intracellular and intraembryonic measurement - p. Page 23 12. Chapter 3 : Ultra-extensible ribbon-like magnetic microswarm - p. Page 45 13. Chapter 4 : Biohybrid microrobots driven by sperm - p. Page 61 14. Chapter 5 : Minimalist milliscale robot construction by M-spray - p. Page 73 15. Chapter 6 : Microrobots and micromachines based on optoelectronic tweezers - p. Page 99 16. Chapter 7 : Small-scale robots with programmable magnetization profiles - p. Page 115 17. Chapter 8 : Conclusions - p. Page 136 18. Index - p. Page 142
