Abstract Microrobotics represents an important branch of robotics in the past decade, and demonstrates great potential in a broad range of applications such as targeted drug delivery, cell manipulation and bioimaging. However, it is rare while becomes critical to make integrated and programmable actuating systems with sophisticated and controllable architectures that are demanded for real applications. Here, we present a new family of bio-inspired programmable actuating systems assembled from carbon nanotube/platinum swimming fiber robots (SFRs). The SFRs demonstrate hetero-sectional structures that offer rapid and stable rotations in H2O2 solution. Similar to the building blocks like tentacle and spine of invertebrates, the SFRs are then assembled into programmable actuating systems that may move in rotation and translation or switch between them. As a general and effective strategy, this assembling methodology may also open up a new direction for microrobotics on system level.

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基于游泳纤维机器人的可编程驱动系统

摘要 微型机器人是过去十年机器人学的一个重要分支，在靶向药物递送、细胞操作和生物成像等广泛应用中展现出巨大的潜力。然而，制造具有实际应用所需的复杂和可控架构的集成和可编程执行系统的情况很少见。在这里，我们展示了由碳纳米管/铂游泳纤维机器人 (SFR) 组装而成的一系列新的仿生可编程驱动系统。SFR 展示了异质截面结构，可在 H2O2 溶液中提供快速和稳定的旋转。类似于无脊椎动物的触手和脊柱等构建块，然后将 SFR 组装成可编程的驱动系统，这些系统可以旋转和平移或在它们之间切换。