Development of High-Cell-Density Tissue Method for Compressed Modular Bioactuator [PDF]
Micromachines, 2022 Bioactuators have been developed in many studies in the recent decade for actuators of micro-biorobots. However, bioactuators have not shown the same power as animal muscles.
Eunhye Kim +2 more
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Emergence of functional neuromuscular junctions in an engineered, multicellular spinal cord-muscle bioactuator [PDF]
APL Bioengineering, 2020 Three-dimensional (3D) biomimetic systems hold great promise for the study of biological systems in vitro as well as for the development and testing of pharmaceuticals.
Rhanor Gillette +2 more
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Biohybrid Tendons Enhance the Power‐to‐Weight Ratio and Modularity of Muscle‐Powered Robots [PDF]
Advanced ScienceBiohybrid robots powered by tissue engineered skeletal muscle have historically relied on architectures in which muscle actuators are placed directly on skeletons, thus limiting the accessible design space for such machines.
Nicolas Castro +11 more
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A Micro Peristaltic Pump Using an Optically Controllable Bioactuator
Engineering, 2019 Peristalsis is widely seen in nature, as this pumping action is important in digestive systems for conveying sustenance to every corner of the body. In this paper, we propose a muscle-powered tubular micro pump that provides peristaltic transport.
Keisuke Morishima +2 more
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Electroactive nano-Biohybrid actuator composed of gold nanoparticle-embedded muscle bundle on molybdenum disulfide nanosheet-modified electrode for motion enhancement of biohybrid robot [PDF]
Nano Convergence, 2022 There have been several trials to develop the bioactuator using skeletal muscle cells for controllable biobybird robot. However, due to the weak contraction force of muscle cells, the muscle cells could not be used for practical applications such as ...
Minkyu Shin +6 more
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Multi-actuator light-controlled biological robots [PDF]
APL Bioengineering, 2022 Biohybrid robots, composed of cellular actuators and synthetic scaffolds, have garnered much attention in recent years owing to the advantages provided by their biological components. In recent years, various forms of biohybrid robots have been developed
Jiaojiao Wang +4 more
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Advanced bioactuator selection for efficient human motion simulation in biohybrid robots using CSF dynamic knowledge [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe selection of the most efficient actuator for biohybrid robots necessitates the implementation of precise and reliable decision-making (DM) methods.
Masfa Nasrullah Ansari +4 more
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Mechanical Engineering Journal, 2021 Living machines have microactuators and are suitable for further miniaturization of microsystems, and their potential as autonomous microrobots has been investigated.
Kohei TANIZAKI +3 more
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A swimming robot actuated by cultured skeletal muscle tissue
Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu, 2020 Biohybrid robots composed of synthetic skeletons and living components have recently gained interests as a solution to engineering biological dynamic systems.
Kazuma MATSUSHITA +2 more
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Biointerface Materials for Cellular Adhesion: Recent Progress and Future Prospects
Actuators, 2020 While many natural instances of adhesion between cells and biological macromolecules have been elucidated, understanding how to mimic these adhesion events remains to be a challenge.
John V. L. Nguyen, Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh
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