3 accepted papers
Microgrippers have emerged in minimally invasive surgery and biomedical applications, enabling tasks such as gripping, micro-assembly, and cell manipulation. Realizing microgrippers with multiple degrees-of-freedom (DoFs) enables higher dexterity and multi-functionality. However, due to their small
In this letter, we propose a mobile microgripper actuated using laser optothermal and magnetic actuation in liquid environments. This hybrid actuation scheme allows the full decoupling between the in-plane positioning of the mobile microgripper and the actuation of its gripping mechanism, which redu
In this letter, an approach for realizing local area stimulation of single motile microorganism (Paramecium) by a microtool is described. In order to overcome the hydrodynamic drag force acting on the thin and long tool in the fluidic environment, a magnetic compensation approach to improve the posi