Microbiorobotics, 2nd Edition

Table of contents

1. Cover image
2. Title page
3. Table of Contents
4. Copyright
5. Contributors
6. About the editors
7. Preface
8. Acknowledgments
9. Part 1: Introduction
   1. Motivation for microbiorobotics
      1. References
   2. Historical overview
      1. Low Reynolds number swimming
      2. Taxis of microorganisms
      3. Artificial bio-inspired microrobots
      4. Biological microrobots
      5. Conclusion
      6. References
   3. About this book
      1. Theoretical microbiorobotics
      2. Biological microrobots
      3. Synthetic microrobots
10. Part 2: Theoretical Microbiorobotics
    1. Chapter 1: Controlling swarms of robots with global inputs: Breaking symmetry
       1. Abstract
       2. 1.1. Introduction
       3. 1.2. Breaking symmetry
       4. 1.3. Breaking symmetry with robot inhomogeneity
       5. 1.4. Breaking symmetry with obstacles
       6. 1.5. Conclusion
       7. References
    2. Chapter 2: Optimization of magnetic forces for drug delivery in the inner ear
       1. Abstract
       2. 2.1. Introduction
       3. 2.2. Ear anatomy
       4. 2.3. Diffusion model of magnetic particles
       5. 2.4. Simulations and results
       6. 2.5. Discussion
       7. 2.6. Conclusion
       8. References
11. Part 3: Biological Microrobots
    1. Chapter 3: Development of active controllable tumor targeting bacteriobot
       1. Abstract
       2. 3.1. Fabrication and surface modification of biocompatible microbeads
       3. 3.2. Evaluation and control of bacteriobot motility
       4. 3.3. Motility evaluation of the bacteriobot
       5. 3.4. In vivo test of the tumor-targeting properties of bacteriobots
       6. 3.5. Conclusion
       7. References
    2. Chapter 4: Control of magnetotactic bacteria
       1. Abstract
       2. Acknowledgments
       3. 4.1. Introduction
       4. 4.2. Characterization of magnetotactic bacteria
       5. 4.3. Control of magnetotactic bacteria
       6. 4.4. Concluding remarks
       7. References
    3. Chapter 5: Obstacle avoidance for bacteria-powered microrobots
       1. Abstract
       2. 5.1. Introduction
       3. 5.2. Kinematic model of a bacteria-powered microrobot
       4. 5.3. Obstacle avoidance approach
       5. 5.4. Motion under obstacle avoidance
       6. 5.5. Conclusions
       7. References
    4. Chapter 6: Interacting with boundaries
       1. Abstract
       2. References
12. Part 4: Synthetic Microrobots
    1. Chapter 7: Control of three bead achiral robotic microswimmers
       1. Abstract
       2. Acknowledgments
       3. 7.1. Introduction
       4. 7.2. Fabrication, properties, and propulsion of microswimmers
       5. 7.3. Magnetic control system
       6. 7.4. Modeling and considerations for control
       7. 7.5. Motion control
       8. 7.6. Conclusion
       9. Funding
       10. References
    2. Chapter 8: Micro- and nanorobots in Newtonian and biological viscoelastic fluids
       1. Abstract
       2. 8.1. Introduction
       3. 8.2. Self-propelled soft microswimmers and microrobots
       4. 8.3. Helical propellers in non-Newtonian biological media
       5. 8.4. Swimming by reciprocal motion in non-Newtonian fluids
       6. 8.5. Conclusions
       7. References
    3. Chapter 9: Magnetic microrobots for microbiology
       1. Abstract
       2. Acknowledgments
       3. 9.1. Introduction
       4. 9.2. Single microrobot methods
       5. 9.3. Modeling and control for single magnetic microrobots
       6. 9.4. Vision-based tracking
       7. 9.5. Multirobot manipulation
       8. 9.6. Problem formulation
       9. 9.7. Simulation
       10. 9.8. Multirobot experimental results
       11. 9.9. Conclusion
       12. References
    4. Chapter 10: Magnetic mobile microrobots for mechanobiology and automated biomanipulation
       1. Abstract
       2. 10.1. Introduction
       3. 10.2. State-of-the-art: micro-force sensing, mobile magnetic microrobot
       4. 10.3. Micro-force sensing mobile microrobot
       5. 10.4. Concluding remarks
       6. References
    5. Chapter 11: Magnetic swarm control of microorganisms
       1. Abstract
       2. Acknowledgments
       3. 11.1. Introduction
       4. 11.2. Materials and methods
       5. 11.3. Results and discussion
       6. 11.4. Conclusion
       7. References
13. Perspectives and outlook
14. Index