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In this paper, we discuss a force sensing by microrobot called magnetically driven microtool (MMT) in a microfluidic chip. On-chip force sensor is fabricated by assembling layers to neglect the friction issue and it is actuated by permanent magnets, which supply mN order force to stimulate microorganisms. The displacement is magnified by designing beams on the force sensor and the sensor achieved 100 μN resolutions. We succeeded in on-chip stimulation and evaluation of Pleurosira laevis by developed MMT with force sensing structure.
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This work has been supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (22860030) and the Nagoya University Global COE Program, “COE for Education and Research of Micro-Nano Mechatronics”. Finally, we would like to acknowledge Dr. Hiroyuki Kawano, Dr. Ikuko Shihira-Ishikawa, and Dr. Atsushi Miyawaki, RIKEN Brain Science Institute for their great support on P. laevis experiments.
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Kawahara, T., Arai, F. (2017). Force Sensing by Microrobot on a Chip. In: Christensen, H., Khatib, O. (eds) Robotics Research . Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, vol 100. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29363-9_9
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