Collaborative Research: Biologically Inspired Cilia-Driven Microscale-Robots

机器人和计算机视觉项目信息和智能系统分部摘要提案编号：0328274机构：内华达州里诺大学主要负责人：Kim，Kwang J.提案编号：0328275机构：内华达州拉斯维加斯大学主要负责人：Yim，Woosoon提案标题：合作研究：生物启发的纤毛驱动的微型机器人智能电活性聚合物的最新进展为联合收割机微型科学、机器人工程和仿生学的结合创造了独特的机会。 这些材料可以应用于具有仿生特征的任意形状的微尺度结构。 受大自然的启发，我们提出了一种方法，将电活性材料和控制集成到一类新的纤毛驱动的微型机器人中。 拟议研究的目的是调查关键的科学问题：i）材料开发和识别，ii）微尺度纤毛结构的仿生设计，iii）机器人控制。 提出的纤毛驱动的微型机器人系统具有广泛的未来工程应用，如药物输送微型机器人和微型结肠镜系统。拟议的研究计划的目标是为学生提供专业知识，以广泛满足未来工业和学术界在小规模科学和工程以及小规模机器人技术方面的需求。 此外，拟议的研究将有助于增加这一努力的研究和教育使命的多样性。

Robotics and Computer Vision ProgramDivision of Information and Intelligent SystemsAbstractPROPOSAL NUMBER: 0328274INSTITUTION: University of Nevada RenoPRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Kim, Kwang J. PROPOSAL NUMBER: 0328275INSTITUTION: University of Nevada Las VegasPRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Yim, WoosoonPROPOSAL TITLE: Collaborative Research: Biologically Inspired Cilia-Driven Microscale RobotsRecent advances in smart electroactive polymers have created a unique opportunity to combine microscale science, robotic engineering and biomimetics. These materials can be applied to microscale structures of arbitrary shape with biomimetic features. Largely inspired by nature, we propose an approach in integrating electroactive materials and control into a new class of cilia-driven microscale robots. The objective of the proposed research is to investigate key scientific issues on: i) materials development and identification, ii) biomimetic design of microscale cilia structures, and iii) robotic controls. The proposed cilia-driven microscale robot systems have a wide spectrum of future engineering applications such as drug delivery micro-robots and micro-colonoscopy systems.The goal of the proposed research program is to provide students with the expertise to broadly address the future needs of industry and academia in small-scale science and engineering as well as robotics on small scales. Also, the proposed study will help increase the diversity in the research and educational mission of this effort.