Bradley Nelson
Bradley James Nelson | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Citizenship | Switzerland, United States of America |
Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University |
Awards | 2019 IEEE RAS Pioneer Award, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Robotics |
Institutions | ETH Zurich |
Website | msrl.ethz.ch |
Bradley James Nelson (born 16 May 1962) is an American roboticist and entrepreneur. He has been the Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at
In 2005, Nelson was chosen as one of
Education
This biographical section is written encyclopedic . (August 2022) |
- Ph.D. in Robotics (Robotics Institute, School of Computer Science), Carnegie Mellon University, 1995[8]
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1987[9]
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1984,[9] University Honors/Bronze Tablet.
Career
Nelson held positions at
After earning his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 1995, Nelson became an Assistant Professor at theResearch
External videos | |
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“Building Medical Robots, Bacteria sized: Bradley Nelson at TEDxZurich”, November 28, 2012, TEDx Talks | |
“Bacteria-Sized Robots for Precision Drug Delivery: Bradley Nelson", August 8, 2016, World Economic Forum | |
“How can we provide access to surgery for everyone on the planet?: Dr. Bradley Nelson at TEDxSelnau", May 24, 2018, TEDx Talks |
Nelson has over thirty years of experience in the field of robotics. He specializes in nanotechnology and the development of microscopic robots for use in medicine and other applications.[11] He is particularly known for his work in developing soft, biologically-inspired flexible architectures.[12][13]
In early research at ETH Zurich, researchers from the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS), led by Nelson, developed a robot to play nanosoccer on a field of play the size of a grain of rice. The international RoboCup Nanogram demonstration events were supported by the U.S.
In 2009, Nelson and his research team were recognized by Guinness World Records for creating the “most advanced mini robot for medical use”, a robot about 20 μm (0.00079 in) long with swirling flagella, constructed of semiconductor materials and controlled by a magnetic field.[18] Like a number of Nelson's robots, the
Such robots have been tested within the
The use of specialized
In collaboration with a team led by Selman Sakar of the
In collaboration with Daniel Ahmed of ETH Zurich, Nelson has developed magnetic beads whose movement can be guided against a fluid current. The beads are made of a hydrogel nanocomposite containing particles of iron oxide and a polymer. Each bead has a diameter of 3 μm (0.00012 in). A "swarm" or cluster of beads between 15 μm (0.00059 in) and 40 μm (0.0016 in) micrometres wide can be guided with a magnetic controller. Bead swarms have been studied using liquid-filled glass tubes to similulate the types of conditions that might be found in blood vessels 150 μm (0.0059 in) to 300 μm (0.012 in) micrometres thick. In the same way that someone travelling up a river might hug the banks where the current is slower, the scientists operating the microbeads keep them near the sides of the glass tubes. They use ultrasound to move the microbead cluster toward the wall of the tube, and a rotating magnetic field to move the swarm against the current.[23]
Nelson's microrobotic systems have also been used by Hannes Vogler, Ueli Grossniklaus and other researchers in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at Zurich to study the trapping mechanism of Venus flytrap (
Honors and awards
Nelson has received a number of awards for his work in robotics, nanotechnology and biomedicine.
- 2020 Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences[12]
- 2019 IEEE RAS Pioneer Award, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, "In recognition of outstanding contributions in micro and nano robotics"[4]
- 2016 European Research Council Advanced Grant (Soft Micro Robotics, or SOMBOT)[8]
- 2014 First Place: Mobile MicroRobot Challenge, ICRA[26][27]
- 2012 Guinness Book of World Records for "Most Advanced Mini Robot for Medical Use."[18]
- 2011 European Research Council Advanced Grant (Microrobotics and Nanomedicine, BOTMED)[28]
- 2011 IEEE Fellow, IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine[29]
- 2010 ASME Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers[30]
- 2009 ETH Zurich Team, First Place: RoboCup Nanogram Soccer
- 2007 ETH Zurich Team, First Place: RoboCup Nanogram Soccer[16]
- 2005 Scientific American 50: SA 50 Winners and Contributors, Scientific American[2][3]
- 1999 McKnight Land-Grant Professorship in Mechanical engineering, University of Minnesota[31]
- 2020 Grand Hamdan International Award - AI in Healthcare
Bibliography
Books
- Zhang, Mingjun; Nelson, Bradley; Felder, Robin, eds. (2007). Life science automation fundamentals and applications. Boston: Artech House. ISBN 9781596931053.
Papers
Nelson's research group has won more than a dozen best paper awards at various international conferences and in international journals. Paper awards given are indicated after the citation information.
- Hu, Chengzhi; Pané, Salvador; Nelson, Bradley J. (28 May 2018). "Soft Micro- and Nanorobotics". Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems. 1 (1): 53–75. S2CID 139844553.
- Huang, Hen-Wei; Sakar, Mahmut Selman; Petruska, Andrew J.; Pané, Salvador; Nelson, Bradley J. (November 2016). "Soft micromachines with programmable motility and morphology". Nature Communications. 7 (1): 12263. PMID 27447088.
- Marino, Hamal; Bergeles, Christos; Nelson, Bradley J. (January 2014). "Robust Electromagnetic Control of Microrobots Under Force and Localization Uncertainties". IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 11 (1): 310–316.
- Ullrich, F.; Schuerle, S.; Pieters, R.; Dishy, A.; Michels, S.; Nelson, B. J. (June 6, 2014). "Automated capsulorhexis based on a hybrid magnetic-mechanical actuation system". Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics Automation, Hong Kong, China. pp. 4387–4392. - Best Paper Award in medical robotics at ICRA 2014 [26]
- *Petit, Tristan; Zhang, Li; Peyer, Kathrin E.; Kratochvil, Bradley E.; Nelson, Bradley J. (11 January 2012). "Selective Trapping and Manipulation of Microscale Objects Using Mobile Microvortices". Nano Letters. 12 (1): 156–160.
- Tottori, Soichiro; Zhang, Li; Qiu, Famin; Krawczyk, Krzysztof K.; Franco-Obregón, Alfredo; Nelson, Bradley J. (7 February 2012). "Magnetic Helical Micromachines: Fabrication, Controlled Swimming, and Cargo Transport". Advanced Materials. 24 (6): 811–816. S2CID 205242976.
- Nelson, Bradley J.; Kaliakatsos, Ioannis K.; Abbott, Jake J. (July 2010). "Microrobots for Minimally Invasive Medicine". Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering. 12 (1): 55–85. PMID 20415589.
- Zhang, Li; Abbott, Jake J.; Dong, Lixin; Kratochvil, Bradley E.; Bell, Dominik; Nelson, Bradley J. (9 February 2009). "Artificial bacterial flagella: Fabrication and magnetic control". Applied Physics Letters. 94 (6): 064107. .
- Dong, Lixin; Nelson, Bradley J.; Fukuda, Toshio; Arai, Fumihito; Nakajima, Masahiro (2006). "Toward Nanotube Linear Servomotors". 3 (3): 228–235.
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See also
References
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- ^ Xinyu, Liu; Wenji, Sun (2019-08-25). "China's robotics industry forges ahead to brighter future". Xinhua Headlines. Archived from the original on August 25, 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Innovations to bring the MFG-100 Magnetic Field Generator to the Mechanobiology market". Research Features. May 1, 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Microrobots for improved eye surgery". European Research Council. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ ISBN 9780863413353. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Prof. Dr. Bradley J. Nelson". Multi-Scale Robotics Lab.
- ^ a b c d e Prisco, Jacopo (January 30, 2015). "Will nanotechnology soon allow you to 'swallow the doctor'?". CNN Business. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Eleventh Grand Hamdan International Award for Medical Sciences is Presented to American AI Frontrunner". PRUnderground. December 10, 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- S2CID 228892228. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "2009 RoboCup Nanosoccer Demonstration Competition, July 2-4, 2009 Graz, Austria". NIST. 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ISBN 978-953-307-036-0. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ a b "2007 RoboCup Nanogram Demonstration Competition Results". NIST. 4 May 2011. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ Allen, R.; McGray, C. (2009). "MEMS in Action: RoboCup Nanogram 2009". MEMS Alliance Newsletter. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ a b Zhang, Cici (October 20, 2019). "Swarms of microrobots show there is power in numbers". Chemical & Engineering News. 97 (41). Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ a b Schmidt, Chris (2011). "Making Stuff: Smaller: Host David Pogue". NOVA (transcript). Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ Maxey, Kyle (May 9, 2013). "Micro Robots Could Prevent Blindness". Engineering.com. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ a b Schlaefli, Samuel (September 21, 2016). "The microdoctors in our bodies". Physics.org. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Swiss team develop 'microswimmer' robot to deliver drugs through the body". Reuters. January 21, 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ Bergamin, Fabio (February 19, 2021). "Swimming upstream on sound waves". Science Daily. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Slow touches make Venus flytraps snap shut". Futurity. July 13, 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "How Venus flytraps snap". ScienceDaily. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
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- ^ "ERC Funded Projects". European Research Council. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
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- ^ American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2010). "The 2009-2010 ASME fellows". The Free Library. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Honorary professorships". University of Minnesota. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- ^ a b "IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering Best New Application Paper Award (Sponsored by Googol Technology Ltd) About the Award". IEEE. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- PMID 28071210. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
External links
Oral History
- "BRAD NELSON: An Interview Conducted by Peter Asaro", IEEE History Center, 17 July 2011. Interview #738 for Indiana University and IEEE History Center, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.