Mobile Microrobotics - Rilegato

Sitti, Metin

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ISBN 10: 0262036436 ISBN 13: 9780262036436

Casa editrice: The MIT Press, 2017

Riassunto

The first textbook on micron-scale mobile robotics, introducing the fundamentals of design, analysis, fabrication, and control, and drawing on case studies of existing approaches.

Progress in micro- and nano-scale science and technology has created a demand for new microsystems for high-impact applications in healthcare, biotechnology, manufacturing, and mobile sensor networks. The new robotics field of microrobotics has emerged to extend our interactions and explorations to sub-millimeter scales. This is the first textbook on micron-scale mobile robotics, introducing the fundamentals of design, analysis, fabrication, and control, and drawing on case studies of existing approaches.

The book covers the scaling laws that can be used to determine the dominant forces and effects at the micron scale; models forces acting on microrobots, including surface forces, friction, and viscous drag; and describes such possible microfabrication techniques as photo-lithography, bulk micromachining, and deep reactive ion etching. It presents on-board and remote sensing methods, noting that remote sensors are currently more feasible; studies possible on-board microactuators; discusses self-propulsion methods that use self-generated local gradients and fields or biological cells in liquid environments; and describes remote microrobot actuation methods for use in limited spaces such as inside the human body. It covers possible on-board powering methods, indispensable in future medical and other applications; locomotion methods for robots on surfaces, in liquids, in air, and on fluid-air interfaces; and the challenges of microrobot localization and control, in particular multi-robot control methods for magnetic microrobots. Finally, the book addresses current and future applications, including noninvasive medical diagnosis and treatment, environmental remediation, and scientific tools.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Metin Sitti is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: The MIT Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0262036436
• ISBN 13: 9780262036436
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 304
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile