Open AccessSoft Microswimmer Powered by Fluid Oscillation
Author(s) -
Takuji Ishikawa,
Takeru Morita,
Toshihiro Omori
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of robotics and mechatronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1883-8049
pISSN - 0915-3942
DOI - 10.20965/jrm.2022.p0298
Subject(s) - prolate spheroid , oscillation (cell signaling) , computer science , mechanics , physics , classical mechanics , control theory (sociology) , artificial intelligence , chemistry , control (management) , biochemistry
In this letter, we review the results of our recent studies on a soft microswimmer powered by fluid oscillations. The microswimmer consists of an elastic membrane with a prolate spheroidal reference shape containing a rigid sphere. The swimming direction can be controlled by appropriately applying fluid oscillations. The obtained knowledge will be useful for future artificial microswimmer designs.