Robotic Instruments

The Robotic Instruments group researches miniaturized robotics with focuses on advanced robotic manipulation technologies, based on e.g., acoustic fields, magnetic fields, interfacial forces, and other interactions. The research is highly interdisciplinary, uses holistic methods combining physics, mechatronics, automation, and machine learning, and covers both fundamental methodologies and applications in biomedicine, materials, and industrial technologies. Examples of those miniaturized robots and manipulation technologies include novel scientific instruments measuring wetting properties of surfaces or viscosity of complex protein structures, new manipulation methods for targeted drug delivery for cancer research or diagnosis of diseases, and new tools for integration of semiconductor and optoelectronic devices.