Microbiorobotics

Part 1: Introduction

• Motivation for microbiorobotics
  • References
• Historical overview
  • Low Reynolds number swimming
  • Taxis of microorganisms
  • Artificial bio-inspired microrobots
  • Biological microrobots
  • Conclusion
  • References
• About this book
  • Theoretical microbiorobotics
  • Biological microrobots
  • Synthetic microrobots

Part 2: Theoretical Microbiorobotics

• Chapter 1: Controlling swarms of robots with global inputs: Breaking symmetry
  • Abstract
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. Breaking symmetry
  • 1.3. Breaking symmetry with robot inhomogeneity
  • 1.4. Breaking symmetry with obstacles
  • 1.5. Conclusion
  • References
• Chapter 2: Optimization of magnetic forces for drug delivery in the inner ear
  • Abstract
  • 2.1. Introduction
  • 2.2. Ear anatomy
  • 2.3. Diffusion model of magnetic particles
  • 2.4. Simulations and results
  • 2.5. Discussion
  • 2.6. Conclusion
  • References

Part 3: Biological Microrobots

• Chapter 3: Development of active controllable tumor targeting bacteriobot
  • Abstract
  • 3.1. Fabrication and surface modification of biocompatible microbeads
  • 3.2. Evaluation and control of bacteriobot motility
  • 3.3. Motility evaluation of the bacteriobot
  • 3.4. In vivo test of the tumor-targeting properties of bacteriobots
  • 3.5. Conclusion
  • References
• Chapter 4: Control of magnetotactic bacteria
  • Abstract
  • Acknowledgments
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Characterization of magnetotactic bacteria
  • 4.3. Control of magnetotactic bacteria
  • 4.4. Concluding remarks
  • References
• Chapter 5: Obstacle avoidance for bacteria-powered microrobots
  • Abstract
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Kinematic model of a bacteria-powered microrobot
  • 5.3. Obstacle avoidance approach
  • 5.4. Motion under obstacle avoidance
  • 5.5. Conclusions
  • References
• Chapter 6: Interacting with boundaries
  • Abstract
  • References

Part 4: Synthetic Microrobots

• Chapter 7: Control of three bead achiral robotic microswimmers
  • Abstract
  • Acknowledgments
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Fabrication, properties, and propulsion of microswimmers
  • 7.3. Magnetic control system
  • 7.4. Modeling and considerations for control
  • 7.5. Motion control
  • 7.6. Conclusion
  • Funding
  • References
• Chapter 8: Micro- and nanorobots in Newtonian and biological viscoelastic fluids
  • Abstract
  • 8.1. Introduction
  • 8.2. Self-propelled soft microswimmers and microrobots
  • 8.3. Helical propellers in non-Newtonian biological media
  • 8.4. Swimming by reciprocal motion in non-Newtonian fluids
  • 8.5. Conclusions
  • References
• Chapter 9: Magnetic microrobots for microbiology
  • Abstract
  • Acknowledgments
  • 9.1. Introduction
  • 9.2. Single microrobot methods
  • 9.3. Modeling and control for single magnetic microrobots
  • 9.4. Vision-based tracking
  • 9.5. Multirobot manipulation
  • 9.6. Problem formulation
  • 9.7. Simulation
  • 9.8. Multirobot experimental results
  • 9.9. Conclusion
  • References
• Chapter 10: Magnetic mobile microrobots for mechanobiology and automated biomanipulation
  • Abstract
  • 10.1. Introduction
  • 10.2. State-of-the-art: micro-force sensing, mobile magnetic microrobot
  • 10.3. Micro-force sensing mobile microrobot
  • 10.4. Concluding remarks
  • References
• Chapter 11: Magnetic swarm control of microorganisms
• Abstract
• Acknowledgments
• 11.1. Introduction
• 11.2. Materials and methods
• 11.3. Results and discussion
• 11.4. Conclusion
• References