{"product_id":"mobile-microrobotics-isbn-9780262036436","title":"Mobile Microrobotics","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first textbook on micron-scale mobile robotics, introducing the fundamentals of design, analysis, fabrication, and control, and drawing on case studies of existing approaches.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eProgress in micro- and nano-scale science and technology has created a demand for new microsystems for high-impact applications in healthcare, biotechnology, manufacturing, and mobile sensor networks. The new robotics field of microrobotics has emerged to extend our interactions and explorations to sub-millimeter scales. This is the first textbook on micron-scale mobile robotics, introducing the fundamentals of design, analysis, fabrication, and control, and drawing on case studies of existing approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book covers the scaling laws that can be used to determine the dominant forces and effects at the micron scale; models forces acting on microrobots, including surface forces, friction, and viscous drag; and describes such possible microfabrication techniques as photo-lithography, bulk micromachining, and deep reactive ion etching. It presents on-board and remote sensing methods, noting that remote sensors are currently more feasible; studies possible on-board microactuators; discusses self-propulsion methods that use self-generated local gradients and fields or biological cells in liquid environments; and describes remote microrobot actuation methods for use in limited spaces such as inside the human body. It covers possible on-board powering methods, indispensable in future medical and other applications; locomotion methods for robots on surfaces, in liquids, in air, and on fluid-air interfaces; and the challenges of microrobot localization and control, in particular multi-robot control methods for magnetic microrobots. Finally, the book addresses current and future applications, including noninvasive medical diagnosis and treatment, environmental remediation, and scientific tools.\u003c\/p\u003eMetin Sitti is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304813187301,"sku":"NP9780262036436","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262036436.jpg?v=1767732842","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/mobile-microrobotics-isbn-9780262036436","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}