Research on the development of soft mobile microrobotic fluid carrier system

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K03931
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 20010:Mechanics and mechatronics-related
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Hwang Gilgueng 東京大学, 生産技術研究所, 国際研究員 (60870673)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: マイクロ流体システム / マイクロスイマー / 磁気駆動 / 流体マニピュレーション / バイオメディカル応用 / 病理検査診断

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aims to develop a soft micro-mobile robotic swimmer for bioanalytical applications, and is studying magnetically driven tunable mobile micro-robotic fluid carrier systems and their bio-applications. The main results are summarized as follows.
(1) Miniaturized soft deformable swimmers for environmentally friendly and sustainable fluid carriers. (2) Miniaturization of soft micro-swimmers by 3D printing. (3) Magnetically reconfigurable microfractal pipette array by 3D printing. (4) Optical probe array fabricated by 4D printing. (5) Fabrication of 4D printed optical probe array with nanometer aperture and variable optical spot size.

Free Research Field

マイクロナノロボティクス

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

現代社会における感染症や病気などの早期診断は医療や社会・経済システムに最も重要である。特に近年新型コロナウイルス(COVID-19)などの高い感染力と致死率を持つ未知のウィルスによる感染の早期診断が強く求められている。本研究の成果はこのようなバイオ分析への貢献が期待できる。