ISIR - Sorbonne Université

L'Institut des Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique

Paris, France

Robotic Optical Tweezers

• A tightly focused laser beam to trap micro objects (1 - 5 µm)
• Non-contact multi object manipulation in liquid
• Laser wavelength : 1070nm
• Laser power: 400mW

3D force measurement  :

• Position tracking with an Event-Camera
• ~ 10 pn resolution, 300 pN max
• 300 Hz / 1 kHz bandwidth

3D motion and sensing

Haptic feedback improves trajectory precision and task duration

 Gerena et al, Micromachines 2019

Time-shared Multitraps

Gerena et al, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2019

Multitrap OPTOBOTS

Gerena et al, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2019

Force-sensing Optobot

In-liquid assembly

Your Hand

in the microscale

Deep Learning for tracking and force sensing

Ferhat SADAK

T-cell / Cancer
interaction forces

Nicolas INACIO

Mecanobiology on gametes

An interactive scientific instrument

An interactive scientific instrument

Biomedical applications &  microassembly

Interactive exploration, manipulation and characterization at small scales with micrometer & piconewton resolution

Transscale coupling and natural interaction

Force-feedback user interface

Combinable with field-effect manipulation

Flow-control, dielectrophoresis, acoustics...