Electro-Force Display for Nano Robotics

Microfluidic devices containing an electric field were effective tools for controlling nano robotic systems. However, most of previous devices were incapable of controlling dynamic functions such as an actuation and a computation due to a static electrode. Herein, we present an electro-force display which could change a position and a shape of the electric field pattern dynamically. We performed two types of nano-scaled video games with an interactive joystick controller. As a results, the electro-force display could flick microsphere and freely migrate them along the joystick navigation. This molecular computer interface would contribute to the rapid prototyping of versatile micro/nano robotics systems.