Light‐Powered Microrobots: Challenges and Opportunities for Hard and Soft Responsive Microswimmers
Ada‐Ioana Bunea, Daniele Martella, Sara Nocentini, Camilla Parmeggiani, Rafael Taboryski, Diederik S. Wiersma
Abstract
Microrobots In article number 2000256, Ada-Ioana Bunea and co-workers provide a critical overview of how microrobots can be manufactured and manipulated using light. The cover image shows blue structures printed in hard polymer and precisely manipulated by optical trapping with focused near-infrared light, together with orange structures printed using soft, light-responsive materials, which change shape in response to green light. Cover image drawn by Alexandre Wetzel.
Topics & Concepts
3d printedOpticsCover (algebra)NanotechnologyMaterials scienceEngineeringPhysicsMechanical engineeringBiomedical engineeringMicro and Nano RoboticsAdvanced Materials and MechanicsModular Robots and Swarm Intelligence