Selected Topics in Micro/Nano-robotics for Biomedical Applications

✍ Scribed by Yi Guo (auth.), Yi Guo (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 200
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Micro/Nano-robotics for Biomedical Applications features a system approach and incorporates modern methodologies in autonomous mobile robots for programmable and controllable micro/nano-robots aiming at biomedical applications. The book provides chapters of instructional materials in micro/nanorobotics for biomedical applications. The book features lecture units on micro/nanorobot components and techniques, including sensors, actuator, power supply, and micro/nano-fabrication and assembly. It also contains case studies on using micro/nano-robots in biomedical environments and in biomedicine, as well as a design example to conceptually develop a Vitamin-pill sized robot to enter human’s gastrointestinal tract. Laboratory modules to teach robot navigation and cooperation methods suitable to biomedical applications will be also provided based on existing simulation and robot platforms.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-8
PZT Nano Active Fiber Composites-Based Acoustic Emission Sensor....Pages 9-22
Biomedical Image Analysis on Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Images and Videos....Pages 23-43
Nanotechnology Innovations for Low-Temperature Fuel Cells for Micro Autonomous Systems....Pages 45-57
Vibration Energy Harvesting and Its Application for Nano- and Microrobotics....Pages 59-83
Capsule Robot in Gastro-Intestinal Tract: A Case Study for Robot Programming and Navigation....Pages 85-99
Cooperative Control Design for Nanorobots in Drug Delivery....Pages 101-123
Investigation of Protein–Protein Interactions in Cancer Targeted Therapy Using Nanorobots....Pages 125-158
Cell Manipulation with Robot-Aided Optical Tweezers Technology....Pages 159-174
A Novel Robot-Assisted Catheter Surgery System with Force Feedback....Pages 175-190
Back Matter....Pages 191-193

✦ Subjects

Nanotechnology and Microengineering; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics