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ONLINE COVER Flexing Biomolecular Muscle. Actuation of soft microrobots can be achieved through the application of miniature motors, such as artificial muscles. However, the integration of such actuators within soft microrobots requires assembly processes that are often slow and require multiple steps. Wang et al. have developed a rapid and cost-effective in situ fabrication process that integrates artificial muscles composed of molecular motors in a variety of microrobots. This month’s cover shows a microrobot manipulating a ball; its arms are sequentially controlled by light-responsive artificial muscles.

Credit: Wang et al./Osaka University

Science Robotics

  • Volume 7|
  • Issue 69|
  • Aug 2022

ONLINE COVER Flexing Biomolecular Muscle. Actuation of soft microrobots can be achieved through the application of miniature motors, such as artificial muscles. However, the integration of such actuators within soft microrobots requires assembly processes that are often slow and require multiple steps. Wang et al. have developed a rapid and cost-effective in situ fabrication process that integrates artificial muscles composed of molecular motors in a variety of microrobots. This month’s cover shows a microrobot manipulating a ball; its arms are sequentially controlled by light-responsive artificial muscles.

Credit: Wang et al./Osaka University

Research Articles

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    • Yingzhe Wang
    • Takahiro Nitta
    • Yuichi Hiratsuka
    • Keisuke Morishima
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Microrobots have been fabricated with artificial muscles and hydrogel structures integrated in situ in microfluidic chips.
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    • Maxence Leveziel
    • Wissem Haouas
    • Guillaume J. Laurent
    • Michaël Gauthier
    • Redwan Dahmouche
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A micromanipulator has integrated grasping capability for high-speed pick-and-place operation of micrometer-sized objects.

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