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Soft Robotic Matter III: Biohybrid and Synthetic Meso/Microrobots

ORAL · G21 · ID: 46046

Presentations

  • Fabrication and Simulation of Functional Electro-Thermal Micro-Origami

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    Publication: [1] Yi Zhu, Evgueni T. Filipov, 2021, Rapid Multi-Physics Simulation for Electro-Thermal Origami Systems, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 202-203, 106537. (DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2021.106537)<br>[2] Yi Zhu, Mayur Birla, Kenn Oldham, Evgueni T. Filipov. 2020. Elastically and Plastically Foldable Electrothermal Micro-Origami for Controllable and Rapid Shape Morphing. Advanced Functional Material. 2003741. (DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202003741)

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    • Yi Zhu

      University of Michigan

    Authors

    • Yi Zhu

      University of Michigan

    • Mayur Birla

      University of Michigan

    • Kenn Oldham

      University of Michigan

    • Evgueni T Filipov

      University of Michigan

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  • Kinetics of self-folding at the microscale

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    Publication: [1] N. A. M. Araújo, R. A. da Costa, S. N. Dorogovtsev, J. F. F. Mendes, Physical Review Letters 120, 188001 (2018).<br>[2] H. P. M. Melo, C. S. Dias, N. A. M. Araújo, Communications Physics 3, 154 (2020).

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    • Nuno M Araujo

      Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

    Authors

    • Nuno M Araujo

      Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

    • Hygor Melo

      Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

    • Cristóvão Dias

      Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

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  • Locomotion of magnetoelastic membranes

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    Presenters

    • Chase A Brisbois

      Northwestern University

    Authors

    • Chase A Brisbois

      Northwestern University

    • Monica Olvera De La Cruz

      Northwestern University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University

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  • Bioinspired chemical motors for self-propelled microrobots

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    Presenters

    • Cecelia Kinane

      University of Michigan

    Authors

    • Cecelia Kinane

      University of Michigan

    • Chia-Heng Lin

      University of Michigan

    • Abdon Pena-Francesch

      University of Michigan, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan

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  • Bioinspired Robotic Actuators by Electrochemical Oxidation of Liquid Metal Droplets

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    Publication: [1] Liao, J., & Majidi, C. (2021). Soft actuators by electrochemical oxidation of liquid metal surfaces. Soft Matter, 17(7), 1921-1928.<br>[2] Liao, J., & Majidi, C., Muscle-Inspired linear actuator by electrochemical oxidation of scalable liquid metal bridges (manuscript in preparation)

    Presenters

    • Jiahe Liao

      Carnegie Mellon University

    Authors

    • Jiahe Liao

      Carnegie Mellon University

    • Carmel Majidi

      Carnegie Mellon University

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  • Emergent biohybrid active materials

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    • M Taher Saif

      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Authors

    • M Taher Saif

      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    • Umnia Doha

      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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  • 3D printed living robots with self-training capabilities

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    Publication: Guix, M., Mestre, R. Patiño, T., De Corato, M., Fuentes, J., Zarpellon, G., Sánchez, S. (2021) Sci. Robot. DOI 10.1126/scirobotics.abe7577.

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    • Maria Guix Noguera

      Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia

    Authors

    • Maria Guix Noguera

      Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia

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  • Biohybrid robotic jellyfish for potential applications in biology, soft robotics, and ocean exploration

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    Publication: Xu N.W., Townsend J.P., Costello J.H., Colin S.P., Gemmell B.J., Dabiri J.O. 2020. Field testing of biohybrid robotic jellyfish to demonstrate enhanced swimming speeds. Biomimetics, 5(4), 64.<br>Xu N.W., Dabiri J.O. 2020. Low-power microelectronics embedded in live jellyfish enhance propulsion. Science Advances, 6(5), eaaz3194.<br>Xu N.W., Townsend J.P., Costello J.H., Colin S.P., Gemmell B.J., Dabiri J.O. 2021. Developing biohybrid robotic jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) for free-swimming tests in the laboratory and in the field. Bio-protocol, 11(7): e3974.<br>Xu N.W., Lenczewska O., Wieten S.E., Federico C.A., Dabiri J.O. Ethics of biohybrid robotic jellyfish modification and invertebrate research, under review, 2021, Preprints, 2020100008.

    Presenters

    • Nicole W Xu

      U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

    Authors

    • Nicole W Xu

      U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

    • James P Townsend

      University of Florida

    • John H Costello

      Providence Coll

    • Sean P Colin

      Roger Williams University

    • Bradford Gemmell

      University of South Florida Tampa

    • John O Dabiri

      Caltech

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  • Imaging Guided Microrobot for In Vivo Biomedical Applications

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    Publication: Z. Wu, L. Li, Y. Yang, P. Hu, Y. Li, S.-Y. Yang, L. V. Wang, W. Gao, A Microrobotic System Guided by Photoacoustic Computed Tomography for Targeted Navigation in Intestines In Vivo, Science Robotics, 2019, 4, eaax0613.<br>Z. Wu, Y. Chen, D. Mukasa, O. S. Pak, W. Gao, Medical Micro/Nanorobots in Complex Media, Chemical Society Review, 2020, 49, 8088-8112.<br>J. Min, Y. Yang, Z. Wu, W. Gao, Robotics in the Gut, Advanced Therapeutics, 2020, 3, 1900125.

    Presenters

    • Wei Gao

      California Institute of Technology

    Authors

    • Wei Gao

      California Institute of Technology

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