Chemical switching of jellyfish-shaped micro robot consisting only of cardiomyocyte gel

2011 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, TRANSDUCERS'11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2442-2445

  Takemura, R ^a   Akiyama, Y ^a   Hoshino, T ^a   Morishima, K ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bio actuator; Chemical stimulation; Collagen gel

Indexed keywords

BIO-ACTUATOR; CARDIOMYOCYTES; CHEMICAL CONTROLS; CHEMICAL STIMULATION; COLLAGEN GEL; MICRO ROBOTS; MUSCLE CELL; NEW APPLICATIONS; PETRI DISH; SOFT ROBOT;

ACTUATORS; GELS; MICROSYSTEMS; ROBOTS;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 80052124639     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969661     Document Type: Conference Paper

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