DocumentCode
3460819
Title
Micro-assembly using optically controlled bubbles
Author
Wenqi Hu ; Ishii, Kelly S. ; Ohta, Aaron T.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
8-11 Aug. 2011
Firstpage
53
Lastpage
54
Abstract
An optically controlled bubble microrobot is presented here, and used to manipulate glass microbeads at up to 350 μm/s. The bubble microrobots were used to pull and push micro-objects into place, demonstrating micro-assembly.
Keywords
bubbles; micro-optomechanical devices; microassembling; microrobots; optical control; optical glass; glass microbeads; microassembly; microobjects; optically controlled bubble microrobot; Fluid flow; Glass; Heating; Magnetic liquids; Optical control; Optical device fabrication; Substrates; Marangoni convection; Micro-assembly; bubble;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Istanbul
ISSN
2160-5033
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0334-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OMEMS.2011.6031019
Filename
6031019
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