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The manipulation of biological objects is a key technology necessary for many new applications in Bio-MEMS. In this paper, we will report on our preliminary experimental work in using an Ionic Conducting Polymer Film (ICPF) to develop a biological cell robotic gripper. The ability of ICPF actuators to give large deflection with small input voltage (∼5V) will allow many new applications to be developed, spanning from biology to underwater MEMS and artificial muscles. A laser micromachining process is introduced to fabricate arrays of ICPF griping devices, which can be potentially integrated onto a PCB board to develop a micro manipulation system. Individual multi-finger grippers with dimensions of 200μm × 200μm × 3000μm for each finger were realized. We will report on the design, fabrication procedures, and operating performance of these micro-grippers. Further development in the reduction of size of these actuators will enable effective control of underwater micro objects and lead to new frontiers in cellular manipulation.
This project was partially supported by the Hong Kong RGC Earmarked Grant (No. CUHK 4206/00E).
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Kwok, M.Y.F., Zhou, W., Li, W.J., Xu, Y. (2001). Micro Nafion Actuators for Cellular Motion Control and Underwater Manipulation. In: Rus, D., Singh, S. (eds) Experimental Robotics VII. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 271. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45118-8_47
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