Fall Research Expo 2024

Propulsion of AC-driven Microrobots

Working with Professor Marc Miskin and graduate student Sophia Handley, I spent the summer in the Singh Center working on microrobotics. The investigation focused on understanding the propulsion mechanisms of alternating current (AC)-driven microrobots, colloquially termed "rave bots." AC propulsion mechanisms are expected to perform better in higher conductivity solutions over existing DC electro-osmotic mechanisms. Our experiments provide evidence that two mechanisms, ACEO and AREF, contribute to rave bot propulsion.

 

PRESENTED BY
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Engineering & Applied Sciences
Advised By
Marc Miskin
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering
Sophia Handley
ESE PhD Student
PRESENTED BY
PURM - Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program
Engineering & Applied Sciences
Advised By
Marc Miskin
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering
Sophia Handley
ESE PhD Student

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