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US 2022/0038035 A1Published application
Light responsive polymer magnetic microrobots
AssigneePurdue Research Foundation
InventorsDavid J. Cappelleri, Maria Guix Noguera, Song Zhang
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Abstract
A microrobot is disclosed. The microrobot includes a magnet configured to provide a motive force when magnetic force of one or more electrical coils act upon the magnet, a support member coupled to the magnet, a thermo-responsive polymer member coupled to each end of the support member at a proximal end, the thermo-responsive polymer member configured to articulate when heated, wherein the thermo-responsive polymer members configured to receive light from a microrobot structured light system and convert the received light into heat.
Claims10
A microrobot articulation system, including:
- a substrate,
- one or more electrical coils each adaptable to provide a magnetic force in an XYZ coordinate system,
- one or more microrobots disposed on the substrate, each microrobot including:
- a magnet upon which the magnetic force of the one or more electrical coils act,
- a support member coupled to the magnet,
- a thermo-responsive polymer member coupled to each end of the support member at a proximal end, the thermo-responsive polymer member configured to articulate when heated,
- wherein the thermo-responsive polymer members configured to receive light from the microrobot structured light system and convert the received light into heat.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.