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Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Waveguide photoactuators convert guided light into mechanical motion. Their tethered‐flexible design enables minimally invasive surgery and confined‐space robotics. This review aims to guide materials selection, device design, and system integration, accelerating the transition of waveguide photoactuators from laboratory prototypes to versatile ...
Minjie Xi +4 more
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AN ION SELECTIVE MICROGRIPPER SENSOR DEVICE [PDF]
, 2013 This thesis presents the design, fabrication, characterisation and testing of a chemically modified electrothermally actuated microgripper. The chemical modification involves the integration of a potentiometric ion selective electrode (ISE) onto a bare ...
DAUNTON, RACHAEL,HANNAH
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A Capillary Microgripper based on Electrowetting
, 2008 An electrowetting based capillary microgripper, which can pick up and release micro-objects, is presented. Electrowetting was utilized to dynamically change the contact angle between the liquid bridge and the gripper surface to control the capillary ...
Jiang Zhe +3 more
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Monolithic Integration of Silicon Nanowires With a Microgripper [PDF]
Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 2009 Si nanowire (NW) stacks are fabricated by utilizing the scalloping effect of inductively coupled plasma deep reactive ion etching. When two etch windows are brought close enough, scallops from both sides will ideally meet along the dividing centerline of the windows turning the separating material column into an array of vertically stacked strings ...
Ozsun, Ozgur +6 more
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Functional surfaces are investigated as a foundation for reconfigurable microscale systems with sensing and actuation capabilities. Advances in additive manufacturing enable our development of planar arrays of hybrid‐material, compliant microdevices that convert environmental stimuli into programmed motion and visual responses.
Sandra Edward +5 more
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A polymeric microgripper with integrated thermal actuators
, 2004 This paper describes the design, simulation, fabrication and characterization of a polymeric microgripper with integrated thermal actuators. The microgripper was fabricated by a polymeric surface micromachining process, which utilizes SU-8 as the ...
Nguyen, Nam-Trung +2 more
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3D‐Nanoprinted Fluidically Steerable Soft Robotic Microcatheters
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This work introduces a ∼3‐French (1 mm‐in‐diameter) soft robotic microcatheter fabricated by means of two‐photon direct laser writing. The 3D‐printed microcatheter enables remote, on‐demand steering via microfluidic actuation for guidewire‐free navigation of vascular networks as well as microcatheter‐mediated delivery of fluidic payloads to target ...
Bailey M. Felix +17 more
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Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.This study presents an automated system integrating a capillary force gripper and machine learning‐based object detection for sorting and placing submillimeter objects. The system achieved stable and simultaneous manipulation of four object types, with an average task time of 86.0 seconds and a positioning error of 157 ± 84 µm, highlighting its ...
Satoshi Ando +4 more
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Modeling and Design Enhancement of Electrothermal Actuators for Microgripping Applications
Applied Sciences, 2023 Microgrippers are miniature tools that have the capability to handle and manipulate micro- and nano-scale objects. The present work demonstrates the potential impact of the incorporation of perforations on a ‘hot and cold arm’ electrothermal actuation ...
Parham Dadash Pour +2 more
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Bubbles Acting as Micro End‐Effectors for Dexterous Manipulation and Sensing in Aqueous Environment
Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.Inspired by bubbles, this article proposes a low‐cost method for multifunctional manipulation and sensing using microbubbles in aqueous environments. Bubbles are easily generated in situ, enabling the safe and adaptive handling of microobjects and sensing of microforces and surface textures.
Zichen Xu, Qingsong Xu
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