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Construction and Functional Emergence of Bioactuated Micronanosystem and Living Machined Wet Robotics

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The development of micromachining technology and microelectromechanical system (MEMS) has greatly contributed to the development of micro-nano-robots adapted to various environments. In particular, soft actuators, which are paying attention as flexible driving mechanisms, have biologically autonomous functions, so that it is possible to give a great revolution to the field of robots which are driven for heteronomy.

In the system constructed by the cellular buildup method, in principle, it is possible to incorporate various biological functions into the artificial system. Since the approach from conventional robotics uses mechanical parts, biocompatibility was also low, but approaches from wet robotics can bring a solution to these problems.

In this chapter, we will introduce the development and characteristics of bioactuators driven by cells and tissues that have been developed by microfabrication technology as a driving source.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate school of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

    Yoshiyuki Takashima, Kaoru Uesugi & Keisuke Morishima

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Takashima, Y., Uesugi, K., Morishima, K. (2019). Construction and Functional Emergence of Bioactuated Micronanosystem and Living Machined Wet Robotics. In: Asaka, K., Okuzaki, H. (eds) Soft Actuators. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6850-9_41

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