Abstract:
Four opto-thermocapillary flow-addressed bubble (OFB) microrobots were automatically actuated to cage a microbead. These microrobots were created automatically at a preci...View moreMetadata
Abstract:
Four opto-thermocapillary flow-addressed bubble (OFB) microrobots were automatically actuated to cage a microbead. These microrobots were created automatically at a precise location of the working area and actuated using an open-loop feedback control system, with an image-processing algorithm to determine optimal paths for each microrobot. The image-processing algorithm determined the microbead location in order to calculate the suitable caging position of the microrobots around the microbead. This work demonstrates the possibility of controlling multiple microrobots with feedback for automated micro-assembly.
Published in: 2016 IEEE 11th Annual International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS)
Date of Conference: 17-20 April 2016
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 01 December 2016
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