Collaborative Research: Biologically Inspired Cilia-Driven Microscale-Robots

摘要提案编号：0328274机构：内华达大学（University of Nevada）首席研究员：Kim， Kwang J.提案编号：0328275机构：内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校（University of Nevada Las vegas）首席研究员：Yim， woosoon提案标题：合作研究：仿生纤毛驱动微型机器人智能电活性聚合物的最新进展为微型科学、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，我们提出了一种将电活性材料和控制集成到一类新型纤毛驱动微型机器人中的方法。该研究的目的是研究以下关键科学问题：i)材料开发和鉴定，ii)微尺度纤毛结构的仿生设计，以及iii)机器人控制。提出的纤毛驱动微型机器人系统在未来的工程应用中具有广泛的应用前景，如药物输送微型机器人和微型结肠镜系统。该研究计划的目标是为学生提供专业知识，以广泛解决工业界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未来需求。此外，拟议的研究将有助于增加这项工作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.