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SUMMARY:Magnetically- and Bacteria-actuated mobile microrobot
DTSTART:20151207T110000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Metin Sitti\, Carnegie Mellon\nUntethered mobile microro
 bots have the unique capability of accessing to small spaces and scales di
 rectly. Due to their small size and micron-scale physics and dynamics\, th
 ey could be agile and portable\, and could be inexpensive and in large num
 bers if they are mass-produced. Mobile microrobots would have high impact 
 applications in health-care\, bioengineering\, mobile sensor networks\, de
 sktop micromanufacturing\, and inspection. In this presentation\, mobile m
 icrorobots from few micrometers up to hundreds of micrometer overall sizes
  and various locomotion capabilities are presented. \nGoing down to micro
 n scale\, one of the grand challenges for mobile microrobots is miniaturiz
 ation limitation on on-board actuation\, powering\, sensing\, processing\,
  and communication components. \nTwo alternative approaches are explored 
 in this talk to solve the actuation and powering challenges.  First\, bio
 logical cells\, e.g. bacteria\, attached to the surface of a synthetic mic
 rorobot are used as on-board microactuators and microsensors using the che
 mical energy inside or outside the cell in physiological fluids. Bacteria-
 propelled randomly microswimmers are steered using chemical and pH gradien
 ts in the environment and remote magnetic fields towards future targeted d
 rug delivery and environmental remediation applications.\nAs the second ap
 proach\, external actuation of untethered magnetic microrobots using remot
 e magnetic fields in enclosed spaces is demonstrated. New magnetic microro
 bot locomotion principles based on rotational stick-slip and rolling dynam
 ics are proposed. Novel magnetic composite materials are used to address a
 nd control teams of microrobots. Such untethered microrobot teams are demo
 nstrated to manipulate live cells and microgels with embedded cells for bi
 oengineering applications\, and to self-assemble into different patterns w
 ith remote magnetic control.\nBio: Metin Sitti received the BSc and MSc de
 grees in electrical and electronics engineering from Bogazici University\,
  Istanbul\, Turkey\, in 1992 and 1994\, respectively\, and the PhD degree 
 in electrical engineering from the University of Tokyo\, Tokyo\, Japan\, i
 n 1999. He was a research scientist at UC Berkeley during 1999-2002. He is
  currently a director in Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and 
 a professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Institute
  at Carnegie Mellon University.\nHis research interests include small-scal
 e physical intelligence\, mobile microrobots\, bio-inspired millirobots\, 
 smart and soft micro/nanomaterials\, and programmable self-assembly.\nHe i
 s an IEEE Fellow. He received the SPIE Nanoengineering Pioneer Award in 20
 11 and NSF CAREER Award in 2005. He received the IEEE/ASME Best Mechatroni
 cs Paper Award in 2014\, the Best Poster Award in the Adhesion Conference 
 in 2014\, the Best Paper Award in the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
  Intelligent Robots and Systems in 2009 and 1998\, the first prize in the 
 World RoboCup Micro-Robotics Competition in 2012 and 2013\, the Best Biomi
 metics Paper Award in the IEEE Robotics and Biomimetics Conference in 2004
 \, and the Best Video Award in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference
  in 2002. He is the editor-in-chief of Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics.
LOCATION:CM1105 http://plan.epfl.ch/?lang=fr&room=CM1105
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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