Title :
Chemical switching of jellyfish-shaped micro robot consisting only of cardiomyocyte gel
Author :
Takemura, R. ; Akiyama, Y. ; Hoshino, T. ; Morishima, K.
Author_Institution :
Tokyo Univ. of Agric. & Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
This paper reports a novel soft robot consisting only of cardiomyocyte gel and the its chemical control. It has a jellyfish shape and can move on the bottom of a petri dish using cardiomyocyte pulsation. The pulsation, acceleration and on-off switching of the jellyfish-shaped micro robot could be controlled by chemical stimulation. This study will develop a new application of muscle cell actuated robot.
Keywords :
chemical variables control; gels; microactuators; microrobots; mobile robots; motion control; cardiomyocyte gel; cardiomyocyte pulsation; chemical control; chemical stimulation; chemical switching; jellyfish-shaped microrobot; muscle cell actuated robot; on-off switching; pulsation acceleration; Chemicals; Fabrication; Force; Muscles; Robots; Shape; Three dimensional displays; Bio-actuator; Chemical stimulation; Collagen gel;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference (TRANSDUCERS), 2011 16th International
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0157-3
DOI :
10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969661
