Soft Robotics: Soft Ring‐Shaped Cellu‐Robots with Simultaneous Locomotion in Batches (Adv. Mater. 8/2020). Issue 8 (24th February 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ren, Tanchen; Chen, Pu; Gu, Longjun; Ogut, Mehmet Giray; Demirci, Utkan
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 32:Issue 8(2020)
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• Publication Date: 2020-02-24
• Subjects: acoustic assembly -- neurons -- scaffold‐free tissue engineering -- soft robotics; Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.202070062
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

Abstract : In article number 1905713, Utkan Demirci and co‐workers report a locomotion strategy to guide the formation and operation of multiple nueronal mini‐robots by way of a common acoustic stimulus. These scaffold‐free, ring‐shaped cellu‐robots comprise only highly packed cells, making them less cumbersome during locomotion, and they can react together in response to a single uniform external acoustic signal to form complex structures in seconds, giving them potential applications in regenerative medicine, disease modeling, and pharmacokinetic studies.