Method for converting inanimate object to small-scale robot on-demand
AssigneeCity University of Hong Kong
InventorsYajing Shen, Xiong Yang
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AssigneeCity University of Hong Kong
InventorsYajing Shen, Xiong Yang
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This invention provides parasitic millirobots that can effectively adapt to an unstructured environment and coherently interact with diverse objects in order to fulfil various application needs. Particularly, a minimalist millirobot construction strategy by splashing composited agglutinate magnetic spray (M-spray) is adopted, which is capable of self-turning multifarious milli-/centi-objects into parasitic millirobots on-demand. Through taking full advantage of the objects' inherent structure and a covered thin drivable film, the M-spray demonstrates superior handling (from 1-D to 3-D structures) and loading capabilities (up to thousand-fold and hundred-fold of its volume and weight, respectively) while with neglectable size increment (as low as 1%) to target. Moreover, benefitting from peculiarities of online reprogramming and controllable disintegration, the parasitic millirobots can rewrite its locomotion mode according to the task and disintegrate themselves after mission accomplished, offering high adaptivity and compatibility for in vivo biomedical applications. Methods for conversion and fabrication thereof are also provided.
A method of fabricating one or more robots from one or more inanimate objects of one-dimensional to three-dimensional configurations on-demand, comprising:
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