PLENARY: Bio Cell Analysis and Assembly by Micro and Nano Robotic Technology

 

Prof. Toshio Fukuda, Ph.D.

Nagoya University/Meijo University, Beijing Inst. of Technol., China

 

Abstract

Micro-nano robotic technology nowadays has a solid discipline, as synergetic integration of the micro and nano sensor, actuator, control, computer and material, and wide spread applications to industry and consumer in our daily life. Micro-nano fabrication, materials, assembly with evaluation leads downsizing of the products and give more economical material and energy efficiency, and more functions from the viewpoints of Green and Life innovations.

 

This micro-nano robotic technology can also show to give a new dimension of theory and applications in the life science, such as medical engineering, bio-engineering, bio-robotics and other areas. In particular, more active observation with micro-nano robotic manipulation has been more popular, leading new discovery and finding in bio cell analysis as well as improving the quality of life. Then it is challenging to investigate how we can construct a 3 D bio cell assembly by the synthesis approach based on the knowledge and findings of the bio cell analysis. There will be several methods to achieve this challenge. In this paper, we show some of the unique assembly methods by the DEP, hydro gel fibers and so on.

 

About the speaker

Toshio Fukuda graduated from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan in 1971 and received the Master of Engineering degree and the Doctor of Engineering degree both from the University of Tokyo, in 1973 and 1977, respectively, after studying at Yale in 1973-1975. He joined the National Mechanical Engineering Laboratory in Japan and also worked at the University of Stuttgart as a research Scientist. He joined the Science University of Tokyo in 1981, and then joined Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan in 1989. Currently he is also the professor of Beijing Institute of Technology as well as Nagoya/Meijo University. He was President of IEEE Robotics& Automation Society (1998-1999), IEEE Director Division X Systems & Control (2001-2002), Founding President of IEEE Nanotechnology Council (2002-2005), Editor-In-Chief, IEEE/ASME Trans. Mechatronics (2000-2012), IEEE Region 10 Director (2013-2014).　He is EiC J. Robomech from Springer (2013-), a member of the Science Council of Japan (2008-2014) and a member of the Academy of Engineering of Japan (2013-).