Year: 2021
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This thesis covers two projects that connect the engineering field of robotics with the additive manufacturing of microfibre structures by melt electrowriting (MEW). One project utilizes MEW to manufacture soft robots and investigates their function, the second project uses a robotic arm to expand the capabilities of MEW for the creation of better implants in tissue engineering. Both projects result in novel applications and design space for MEW by allowing more complex geometries to be produced and enabling the processing or integration of otherwise inaccessible materials as well as expanding the use cases of the produced constructs beyond static scaffolds.
Author: Simon Felix Luposchainsky
Institutions: Queensland University of Technology, University of Würzburg
Language: English
Subfield: Biomedical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4250106831