Collaborative Research: Biologically Inspired Cilia-Driven Microscale Robots

建议编号：0328275建议编号：0328275建议：内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校PRINCIPAL调查员：YIM，Woosoon PROPOSAL标题：协作研究：生物启发Cilia驱动的微型机器人智能电活性聚合物的最新进展创造了一个将微尺度科学、机器人工程和生物仿生学结合在一起的独特机会。这些材料可以应用于具有仿生特性的任意形状的微尺度结构。在很大程度上受到自然的启发，我们提出了一种将电活性材料和控制集成到一种新的纤毛驱动的微型机器人中的方法。这项拟议的研究的目的是研究以下关键科学问题：i)材料的开发和鉴定，ii)微型纤毛结构的仿生设计，以及iii)机器人控制。拟议的纤毛驱动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。拟议研究计划的目标是为学生提供专业知识，以广泛满足工业和学术界在小规模科学和工程以及小规模机器人方面的未来需求。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.