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Microscale Soft Robotics

Motivations, Progress, and Outlook

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  • © 2017

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Authors:
  1. Jaeyoun (Jay) Kim

    1. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, USA

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  • Summarizes the technological basis and issues for the nascent field of microscale soft robotics, surveys its research progress, and presents the outlook for its future development
  • Emphasizes and clarifies the motivations for microscale soft robots and devices, as well as their corresponding enabling technologies
  • Explores the applications of microscale soft robots and devices as minimally invasive and biomimetic medical devices
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Jaeyoun (Jay) Kim
    Pages 1-3

  3. Motivations

    • Jaeyoun (Jay) Kim
    Pages 5-10

  4. Enabling Technologies

    • Jaeyoun (Jay) Kim
    Pages 11-38

  5. Soft Robotic Micro-Tentacle: A Case Study

    • Jaeyoun (Jay) Kim
    Pages 39-58

  6. Current Progress

    • Jaeyoun (Jay) Kim
    Pages 59-78

  7. Towards Full-Scale Integration and Beyond

    • Jaeyoun (Jay) Kim
    Pages 79-91

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 93-107
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About this book

This book presents the technological basics and applications of small-scale (mm to sub-mm in length-scales) soft robots and devices, written for researchers in both academia and industry. Author Jaeyoun Kim presents technological motivations, enabling factors, and examples in an inter-linked fashion, making it easy for readers to understand and explore how microscale soft robots are a solution to researchers in search of technological platforms for safe, human-friendly biomedical devices. A compact and timely introduction, this book summarizes not only the enabling factors for soft robots and MEMS devices, but also provides a survey of progress in the field and looks to the future in terms of the material, design, and application aspects this technology demonstrates.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, USA

    Jaeyoun (Jay) Kim

About the author

Jaeyoun (Jay) Kim is the recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Award (2010). He also received the Warren B. Boast Undergraduate Teaching Award (2008), Harpole-Pentair Developing Faculty Award (2009-2010), and Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship (2009). His current research interests include unconventional MEMS, bio-inspired optics, and plasmonics. He is affiliated with Iowa State University.

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