Title :
Micro-assembly using optically controlled bubbles
Author :
Wenqi Hu ; Ishii, Kelly S. ; Ohta, Aaron T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
Abstract :
An optically controlled bubble microrobot is presented here, and used to manipulate glass microbeads at up to 350 μm/s. The bubble microrobots were used to pull and push micro-objects into place, demonstrating micro-assembly.
Keywords :
bubbles; micro-optomechanical devices; microassembling; microrobots; optical control; optical glass; glass microbeads; microassembly; microobjects; optically controlled bubble microrobot; Fluid flow; Glass; Heating; Magnetic liquids; Optical control; Optical device fabrication; Substrates; Marangoni convection; Micro-assembly; bubble;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0334-8
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2011.6031019
