Light robotics: an all-optical nano- and micro-toolbox

Jesper Glückstad; Mark Villangca; Darwin Palima; Andrew Banas

doi:10.1117/12.2254738

27 February 2017 Light robotics: an all-optical nano- and micro-toolbox

Jesper Glückstad, Mark Villangca, Darwin Palima, Andrew Banas

Proceedings Volume 10120, Complex Light and Optical Forces XI; 101201A (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254738
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2017, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Recently we proposed the concept of so-called Light Robotics including the new and disruptive 3D-fabricated micro-tools coined Wave-guided Optical Waveguides that can be real-time optically manipulated and remote-controlled with a joystick in a volume with six-degrees-of-freedom. Exploring the full potential of this new ‘drone-like’ light-driven micro-robotics in challenging microscopic geometries requires a versatile and real-time reconfigurable light addressing that can dynamically track a plurality of tiny micro-robots in 3D to ensure continuous optimal light coupling on the fly. Our latest developments in this new and exciting research area will be reviewed.

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Jesper Glückstad, Mark Villangca, Darwin Palima, and Andrew Banas "Light robotics: an all-optical nano- and micro-toolbox", Proc. SPIE 10120, Complex Light and Optical Forces XI, 101201A (27 February 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254738

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