Small-Scale Robotics. From Nano-to-Millimeter-Sized Robotic Systems and Applications

First International Workshop at ICRA 2013, Karlsruhe, Germany, May 6, 2013, Revised and Extended Papers

  • Igor Paprotny
  • Sarah Bergbreiter
Conference proceedings ICRA 2013

Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 8336)

Also part of the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence book sub series (LNAI, volume 8336)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
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  2. Small-Scale Robotics : An Introduction
    Igor Paprotny, Sarah Bergbreiter
    Pages 1-15
  3. Tubular Micro-nanorobots: Smart Design for Bio-related Applications
    Samuel Sánchez, Wang Xi, Alexander A. Solovev, Lluís Soler, Veronika Magdanz, Oliver G. Schmidt
    Pages 16-27
  4. Addressing of Micro-robot Teams and Non-contact Micro-manipulation
    Eric Diller, Zhou Ye, Joshua Giltinan, Metin Sitti
    Pages 28-38
  5. Progress Toward Mobility in Microfabricated Millirobots
    Sarah Bergbreiter, Aaron P. Gerratt, Dana Vogtmann
    Pages 39-52
  6. From Nanohelices to Magnetically Actuated Microdrills: A Universal Platform for Some of the Smallest Untethered Microrobotic Systems for Low Reynolds Number and Biological Environments
    Tian Qiu, John G. Gibbs, Debora Schamel, Andrew G. Mark, Udit Choudhury, Peer Fischer
    Pages 53-65
  7. MicroStressBots: Species Differentiation in Surface Micromachined Microrobots
    Christopher G. Levey, Igor Paprotny, Bruce R. Donald
    Pages 66-80
  8. Towards Functional Mobile Magnetic Microrobots
    Wuming Jing, David J. Cappelleri
    Pages 81-100
  9. Back Matter
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About these proceedings

Introduction

This book contains selected contributions from some of the most renowned researchers in the field of small-scale robotics, based in large part on invited presentations from the workshop “The Different Sizes of Small-Scale Robotics: from Nano-, to Millimeter-Sized Robotic Systems and Applications,” which was held in conjunction with the conjunction with the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013), in May 2013 in Karlsruhe, Germany. With many potential applications in areas such as medicine, manufacturing, or search and rescue, small-scale robotics represent a new emerging frontier in robotics research. The aim of this book is to provide an insight to ongoing research and future directions in this novel, continuously evolving field, which lies at the intersection of engineering, computer science, material science, and biology.

Keywords

artificial intelligence bioinformatics biology-related information processing external interfaces for robotics mobile devices nanoelectromechanical systems robotic autonomy

Editors and affiliations

  • Igor Paprotny
    • 1
  • Sarah Bergbreiter
    • 2
  1. 1.Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of IllinoisChicagoUSA
  2. 2.Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of MarylandCollege ParkUSA

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55134-5
  • Copyright Information Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
  • Publisher Name Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
  • eBook Packages Computer Science
  • Print ISBN 978-3-642-55133-8
  • Online ISBN 978-3-642-55134-5
  • Series Print ISSN 0302-9743
  • Series Online ISSN 1611-3349
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