Visual Sensing System to Investigate Self-Propelled Motion of Multiple Aqueous Droplets

Several studies have been conducted to reproduce the characteristics and phenomena of microorganisms using non-biomaterials to elucidate the principles underlying these microorganisms. Some studies aim to elucidate the principle by creating self-propelled droplets and analyzing their self-propelled motion. In the visual sensing of self-propelled droplets, large field-of-view and high-resolution images are both required to investigate the behaviors of multiple droplets as well as chemical reactions in the droplets.
In this study, we developed a visual sensing system to investigate the self-propelled motions of droplets using view-expansion microscope that can capture both large field-of-view and high-resolution images.

Reference

• T. Aoyama, S. Yamada, N. J. Suematsu, M. Takeuchi and Y. Hasegawa, "Visual Sensing System to Investigate Self-Propelled Motion and Internal Color of Multiple Aqueous Droplets, Sensors, vol.22, no.16, 6309, 2022.
• T. Aoyama, S. Yamada, N. J. Suematsu, M. Takeuchi and Y. Hasegawa, "Visual Sensing System to Investigate Self-propelled Motion of Aqueous Droplets Using View-expansive Microscope", IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its Social Impacts, pp.123-124, 2021.