Title :
Bio-manipulation with a robotic straw
Author :
Mochiyama, Hiromi ; Shirato, Yuki ; Kobayashi, Hisato ; Tatsuno, Junya ; Kawai, Hiroyuki
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Intell. Interaction Technol., Univ. of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, we demonstrate the usefulness of the micro-manipulation system with a robotic straw proposed by the authors for the microorganism isolation task. Isolating microorganism is one of the fundamental bio-manipulation tasks. This task has been conventionally achieved with a straw connected with a rubber tube. However, some skill is required by an operator for this isolation task, because it is difficult for a naive operator to place the tip of pipette at a desired position under a microscope. We show that the microorganism isolation task is successfully achieved with the proposed system even by a naive operator of the conventional microorganism isolation task without long-term training.
Keywords :
cellular biophysics; medical robotics; micromanipulators; microorganisms; microscopes; biomanipulation; micro manipulation system; microorganism isolation; microscope; naive operator; robotic straw; Biology; Electron tubes; Robots; Rubber; Training;
Conference_Titel :
Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science (MHS), 2010 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Nagoya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7995-5
DOI :
10.1109/MHS.2010.5669542