Micro- and Nanomechatronics

The current and future technologies and issues of micro- and nanomechatronics, and nanobiotechnology based on the nanorobotic manipulation system are presented. The following are also discussed in detail: micromechatronics for industrial and research applications; nanomechatronics for industrial and research applications; single-cell surgery system based on the nanorobotic manipulation system; nanorobotic manipulation system; and single-cell analysis based on an environmental scanning electron microscope (E-SEM). Devices based on micro- and nanomechatronics technologies have great potential in advanced industrial applications that will realize high efficiency, high integration, high functionality, low-energy consumption, and low cost.

Micromechatronics for Industrial and Research Applications

In microscale, the important technologies are micromachine, micromechatronics, microfabrication, and assembly for micromechatronics. Recently, borderless applications, such as microbiology, wet mechatronics, micrototal analysis system, micromedical engineering, and regenerative medical engineering, have been investigated. Table 3 shows the examples of microdevices used in research areas. Various microdevices, such as the microactuator, microink-jet head, microforce sensor, microtactile sensor, microfuel battery, microfluidics device, and blood vessel simulator, are investigated.