TY - GEN
T1 - Organized motion control of a lot of microorganisms using visual feedback
AU - Takahashi, Kiyonori
AU - Hashimoto, Koichi
AU - Ogawa, Naoko
AU - Oku, Hiromasa
PY - 2006/12/27
Y1 - 2006/12/27
N2 - We propose a novel method to control a lot of microorganisms by using visual feedback for micro-robotic application. Our goal is to control a cluster of microorganisms as microscale smart robots for various applications, since microorganisms have efficient actuators and accurate sensors. Compared with single-cell level actuation methods proposed before, this method has the following advantages: (1) A cluster of microorganisms can cancel stochastic perturbations of behavior by taking the average; (2) A cluster of microorganisms can be more powerful than a single microorganism, and thus it can perform a variety of tasks. A visual feedback system is constructed to control cells using galvanotaxis (response to the electric field). Experimental results show the feasibility of visual feedback control of a paramecium cell cluster. In addition, Micro-manipulation of small objects by the cell cluster is also demonstrated.
AB - We propose a novel method to control a lot of microorganisms by using visual feedback for micro-robotic application. Our goal is to control a cluster of microorganisms as microscale smart robots for various applications, since microorganisms have efficient actuators and accurate sensors. Compared with single-cell level actuation methods proposed before, this method has the following advantages: (1) A cluster of microorganisms can cancel stochastic perturbations of behavior by taking the average; (2) A cluster of microorganisms can be more powerful than a single microorganism, and thus it can perform a variety of tasks. A visual feedback system is constructed to control cells using galvanotaxis (response to the electric field). Experimental results show the feasibility of visual feedback control of a paramecium cell cluster. In addition, Micro-manipulation of small objects by the cell cluster is also demonstrated.
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U2 - 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1641906
DO - 10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1641906
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33845638802
SN - 0780395069
SN - 9780780395060
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
SP - 1408
EP - 1413
BT - Proceedings 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2006
T2 - 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2006
Y2 - 15 May 2006 through 19 May 2006
ER -