Contents
26 February 2020
Vol 5, Issue 39
Vol 5, Issue 39
Focus
- Autonomous cars in science fiction
We view autonomous cars just like the ones in science fiction, and that could be a problem.
Research Articles
- A ferrobotic system for automated microfluidic logistics
A ferrobotic system is devised to implement diverse, efficient, and automated microfluidic logistics.
- Modeling engagement in long-term, in-home socially assistive robot interventions for children with autism spectrum disorders
Supervised machine-learning algorithms accurately modeled user engagement in long-term, in-home socially assistive robot interventions.
- Sustainable manufacturing of sensors onto soft systems using self-coagulating conductive Pickering emulsions
An ethanol-based Pickering emulsion that spontaneously forms conductive composites is used to sustainably manufacture compliant strain sensors.
About The Cover
ONLINE COVER Ferrobots Get to Work. Automated guided vehicles (AGV) autonomously distribute cargo in settings such as factories and hospitals. Standard AGV systems consists of three elements: cargo, robotic carriers, and a navigation floor. Inspired by AGVs, Yu et al. have developed a microfluidic system where aqueous droplets containing biocompatible magnetic nanoparticles (cargo) are moved using miniature mobile magnets, or "ferrobots" (robotic carriers), along a 2D electromagnetic coiled surface (navigation floor). This month's cover is an illustration depicting collaborative ferrobots shuttling micro/nano-ferrofluids around a microfluidic chamber and dispensing droplets. [CREDIT: WENZHUO YU and HAISONG LIN/UCLA]
