NDLI: Reconfigurable multi-component sensors built from MEMS payloads carried by micro-robots

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Author	Cho, J.H. Kothare, M. Arnold, M.G.
Copyright Year	2010
Description	Author affiliation: Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA (Cho, J.H.; Kothare, M.; Arnold, M.G.)
Abstract	Field Programmable Robot Arrays (FPRAs) are micro-robots with onboard reconfigurable logic [14]. The primary goal of the FPRAs is to build digital-logic structures by physical motion as well as electronic reconfiguration (commonly used in prior programmable logic). We extend the application of FPRAs here by presenting a sensor-based architecture with the following components: a) Scratch-Drive-Actuator (SDA) micro-robots carrying MEMS sensor payload components and b) onboard programmable logic arrays of a new kind called Field Programmable One-Hot Arrays (FPOHAs) [14] which have two roles in the proposed system. First, each FPOHA is configured to act as a Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART) so that each micro-robot may receive commands via a global communication channel to guide the robots' path towards their target locations [10]. Second, when each micro-robot reaches its target docking location, the associated FPOHA is reprogrammed to implement a control-systems algorithm that operates a payload component carried onboard the micro-robot. The docking locations are chosen so that the payload components make electrical, mechanical and/or fluidic connections, and thereby form a multi-component sensor. If a different sensor configuration is needed at a later time, the FPOHAs are reprogrammed back as UARTs, and the components may be rearranged to form a different sensor type. A variety of MEMS component types could be envisioned: micro-reactors, micro-catalysts, micro-pumps, etc. Each micro-robot would carry one such component. We assume MEMS-based micro-robots like those developed by Donald et al. [2], with the improvement of an additional stylus arm to control left and right rotation as well as using both arms to halt [5].
Starting Page	15
Ending Page	19
File Size	954627
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424449880
DOI	10.1109/SAS.2010.5439379
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-02-23
Publisher Place	Ireland
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	reconfigurable micro-robot Reconfigurable logic Sensor systems and applications Sensor arrays Micromechanical devices Mechanical sensors SDA Transmitters Programmable logic devices Programmable logic arrays Robot sensing systems sensor MEMS Payloads
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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