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020			_a9780262036436
082			_a629.8932 SIT
100			_aSitti, Metin
245			_aMobile microrobotics
260			_aCambridge, Massachusetts: _bThe MIT Press, _c2017.
300			_axxviii, 271p.: _bcol.i ll.; hbk.: _c23cm.
440			_aIntelligent Robotics and Autonomous Agents
504			_aInclude bibliography & index.
520			_aThe first textbook on micron-scale mobile robotics, introducing the fundamentals of design, analysis, fabrication, and control, and drawing on case studies of existing approaches. Progress in micro- and nano-scale science and technology has created a demand for new microsystems for high-impact applications in healthcare, biotechnology, manufacturing, and mobile sensor networks. The new robotics field of microrobotics has emerged to extend our interactions and explorations to sub-millimeter scales. This is the first textbook on micron-scale mobile robotics, introducing the fundamentals of design, analysis, fabrication, and control, and drawing on case studies of existing approaches. The book covers the scaling laws that can be used to determine the dominant forces and effects at the micron scale; models forces acting on microrobots, including surface forces, friction, and viscous drag; and describes such possible microfabrication techniques as photo-lithography, bulk micromachining, and deep reactive ion etching. It presents on-board and remote sensing methods, noting that remote sensors are currently more feasible; studies possible on-board microactuators; discusses self-propulsion methods that use self-generated local gradients and fields or biological cells in liquid environments; and describes remote microrobot actuation methods for use in limited spaces such as inside the human body. It covers possible on-board powering methods, indispensable in future medical and other applications; locomotion methods for robots on surfaces, in liquids, in air, and on fluid-air interfaces; and the challenges of microrobot localization and control, in particular multi-robot control methods for magnetic microrobots. Finally, the book addresses current and future applications, including noninvasive medical diagnosis and treatment, environmental remediation, and scientific tools. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262036436/mobile-microrobotics/
650			_aMicrorobots
650			_aMobile Robots
650			_aRobots Mobiles
650			_aForces Acting
650			_aRemote Microrobot
650			_aElastic Strain Energy
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