[HTML][HTML] Rotation of biological cells: fundamentals and applications

T Tang, Y Hosokawa, T Hayakawa, Y Tanaka, W Li… - Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Cell rotation is one of the most important techniques for cell manipulation in modern
bioscience, as it not only permits cell observation from any arbitrary angle, but also simplifies …

Manipulation of biological cells using a robot-aided optical tweezers system

M Xie, A Shakoor, C Wu - Micromachines, 2018 - mdpi.com
This article reviews the autonomous manipulation strategies of biological cells utilizing
optical tweezers, mainly including optical direct and indirect manipulation strategies. The …

Automated manipulation of biological cells using gripper formations controlled by optical tweezers

S Chowdhury, A Thakur, P Švec… - IEEE Transactions …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The capability of noninvasive and precise micromanipulation of sensitive, living cells is
necessary for understanding their underlying biological processes. Optical tweezers (OT) is …

Out-of-plane rotation control of biological cells with a robot-tweezers manipulation system for orientation-based cell surgery

M Xie, A Shakoor, Y Shen, JK Mills… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In many cell surgery applications, cell must be oriented properly such that the microsurgery
tool can access the target components with minimum damage to the cell. In this paper, a …

Optical tweezers: Autonomous robots for the manipulation of biological cells

A Banerjee, S Chowdhury… - IEEE Robotics & …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optical tweezers (OTs) are a popular tool for manipulating biological objects, especially cells
[1],[2]. Using a tightly focused laser beam, they exert sufficient forces to tweeze, ie, hold …

Direct measurement of cell protrusion force utilizing a robot-aided cell manipulation system with optical tweezers for cell migration control

X Gou, H Yang, TM Fahmy… - … International Journal of …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Cell migration refers to the directional cell movement in response to a chemoattractant
gradient, a key process that occurs in a wide variety of biological phenomena. Cell …

Non-Invasive Dynamic Reperfusion of Microvessels In Vivo Controlled by Optical Tweezers

M Shao, MC Zhong, Z Wang, Z Ke, Z Zhong… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Distributive shock is considered to be a condition of microvascular hypoperfusion, which can
be fatal in severe cases. However, traditional therapeutic methods to restore the macro …

A feedback-based manoeuvre planner for nonprehensile magnetic micromanipulation of large microscopic biological objects

D Agarwal, AD Thakur, A Thakur - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper reports a feedback-based manoeuvre planning approach for automated
nonprehensile selective micromanipulation of large, microscopic biological objects (∼ 100 μ …

The interplay of cell–cell and cell–substrate adhesion in collective cell migration

C Wang, S Chowdhury, M Driscoll… - Journal of The …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Collective cell migration often involves notable cell–cell and cell–substrate adhesions and
highly coordinated motion of touching cells. We focus on the interplay between cell …

Multi-axial non-contact in situ micromanipulation by steady streaming around two oscillating cylinders on holonomic miniature robots

O Fuchiwaki, Y Tanaka, H Notsu… - Microfluidics and …, 2018 - Springer
In the field of micromanipulation, an in situ three-axial rotation of a microscale object
remains difficult to realize, with rotational resolution and repeatability remaining low. In this …