On-chip Robotics (Magneticall Driven Type) and Biomedical Applications

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On-chip magnetically actuated microrobot with ultrasonic vibration for single cell manipulations(since May 12, 2011)

On-chip Robot Actuation by Horizontally-arranged Permanent Magnets for Singl Cell Manipulation(since Dec 28, 2010)

Posters at Conferences (Examples)

Robomec2014

Measurement of Mechanical Property of Floating Cell Using On-chip Robot with Direct-Outer-Drive Mechanism(Hirotaka Sugiura)
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Robomec2013 & Transducers 2013

Functional microfluidic devices by using Bioresist (Keitaro Ito)
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μTAS2012

Free Accessible Microchannel Using Air-Liquid Interface with Patterned Nano-Geometric Surface by Hybrid Mask Lithography(Masakuni Sugita)
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Robomec2012 & 25th Cheminas

Cellular Force MeasurementUsing On-Chip Robot with High Power and Ultrahigh Accuracy(Shinya Sakuma)
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Formation and application of air-liquid interface by functional nanopillar(Masakuni Sugita)
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Smooth Enucleation by Hydraulic Force Control Using Magnetically Driven Microtool (Feng Lin)
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On-chip cell loading by a micro-robot had a suction mechanisml (Akihiko Ichikawa)
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MEMS2012

Noncontact Nanometric Positioning of Probe Tip for Measurement of Mechanical Parameters of Cell (Shinya Sakuma)
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MicroTAS 2011 & MHS 2011

Ultrahigh speed Cell Manipulation by Robot on a chip:- A Levitated Structure with Three-Dimentionally Patterned Surface - (Masaya Hagiwara)
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Untethered Micro-Pipette Maneuvered in a Chip by Outer Magnetic Field (Akihiko Ichikawa)
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Robomec2011

Ultrahigh-speed On-chip Robot Part I  - Ultrahigh-Speed Sensing and Control Platform for Single Cell Manipulation by Magnetically Driven Microtools- (Tomohiro Kawahara)
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Ultrahigh-speed On-chip Robot Part II  - Composite Fabrication for Magnetically Driven Microtools by Photolithographic Modeling - (Masaya Hagiwara)
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Biotope on a Chip – Mechanical Stimulation of P. laevis by Microrobot – (Masakuni Sugita)
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MHS 2010

Control and Sensing Platform of Magnetically Driven Microtool for On‐Chip Single Cell Evaluation (Tomohiro Kawahara) 
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High precision magnetically driven microtools with ultrasonic vibration for enucleation of oocyte (Masaya Hagiwara) 
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Robomec2010 & 21stCheminas

Robot-on-a-chip -Part1:On-chip Generation of Droplets and Size Control- (Lin Feng) 
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Robot-on-a-chip -Part2:On-chip Multi-branch Particle Sorting- (Masaya Hagiwara) 
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On-chip Nuclear Transfer-Part3:Proposal of Cell Coupling Method Using Magnetically Driven Microtool (Tomohiro Kawahara・Yoko Yamanishi)
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On-chip Nuclear Transfer -Part2:High Speed and High Precision Position Control of Enucleation Microtools- (Masaya Hagiwara)
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On-chip Nuclear Transfer -Part1:Removing of Zona Pellucida of Oocyte by Magnetically Driven Micro-remover- (Tomohiro Kawahara)
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MHS 2009

Generation of Droplet in Size Over a Wide Range by Microfluidic Control - (Lin Feng)
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20th Cheminas

On-chip Enucleation by 2DOF Magnetically Driven Microtool - (Naoki Inomata)
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On-chip Removal of Zona Pellucida by Magnetically Driven Microtool - (Yoko Yamanishi)

ROBOMEC2009

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All-in-One Unified Microfluidic Chip for Automation of Embryonic Cell Manipulation Based on Micro-Robotics (Fumihito Arai)
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Magnetically Driven Robot-on-a-chip (MDRoC) -Part 1:On-chip Particle Manipulations using 2DOF MMT - (Yoko Yamanishi)
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Magnetically Driven Robot-on-a-chip (MDRoC) -Part 2:Design and Fabrication of Hybrid MMT - (Yoko Yamanishi)
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Magnetically Driven Robot-on-a-chip (MDRoC) -Part 3: Continuous Microparticle Filtration Using Magnetically Driven Microtool- (Hisataka Maruyama)
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23th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS2009)

POWEFUL ACTUATION OF MAGNETIZED MICROTOOL BY FOCUSED MAGNETIC FIELD ON A DISPOSABLE MICROFLUIDIC CHIP
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ROBOMEC2008

On-chip cell manipulation systems-Part5: Microparticle loading system by magnetically driven 3D microtool -
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On-chip cell manipulation systems-Part6: On-chip Droplet Dispensing by Magnetically Driven Microtool-
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Technofrontier2008

Non-Contact On-Chip Manipulation of 3-D Microtools and its Applications (Yoko Yamanishi)
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Fabrication of Magnetically Driven Microtools and its Microparticle Manipulation On-Chip (Shinya Sakuma)
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Robomech2007

On-chip cell manipulation systems: On-demand supply of fluorescence reagent (Naoki Inomata)
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On-chip cell manipulation systems: Production and application of high-accuracy polymer-based micromagnetic tools (Yoko Yamanishi)
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