Accelerating the Design of Self-Guided Microrobots in Time-Varying Magnetic Fields.

ABSTRACT: Mobile robots combine sensory information with mechanical actuation to move autonomously through structured environments and perform specific tasks. The miniaturization of such robots to the size of living cells is actively pursued for applications in biomedicine, materials science, and environmental sustainability. Existing microrobots based on field-driven particles rely on knowledge of the particle position and the target destination to control particle motion through fluid environments. Often, however, these external control strategies are challenged by limited information and global actuation where a common field directs multiple robots with unknown positions. In this Perspective, we discuss how time-varying magnetic fields can be used to encode the self-guided behaviors of magnetic p

SUBMITTER: Dhatt-Gauthier K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10052236 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature