Aim: Design and build the original DOME and control Volvox (algae)

PhD Student: Ana Rubio Denniss

Supervisors: Dr Sabine Hauert and Dr Thomas Gorochowski

Publications:

Augmented reality for the engineering of collective behaviours in microsystems Rubio Denniss A., Gorochowski T.E., Hauert S. Proceedings of the International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), 2019. 

An open platform for high-resolution light-based control of microscopic collectives Rubio Dennis A., Gorochowski T.E., Hauert S. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2200009, 2022.

Aim: Control the contractile behaviour of protocells

PhD Student: Matthew Uppington

Supervisors: Dr Helmut Hauser and Dr Sabine Hauert

Publications:

Evolving Morphologies for Locomoting Micro-scale Robotic Agents Uppington M., Gobbo P., Hauert S., Hauser H. Proceedings of the International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), 2022. 

Evolving and generalising morphologies for locomoting micro-scale robotic agents Uppington M., Gobbo P., Hauert S., Hauser H. Journal of Micro and Bio Robotics, 2023

Aim: Autonomous control of living mammalian cells for wound healing and cancer applications.

PhD Student: Neshika Wijewardhane

Supervisors: Dr Sabine Hauert and Prof Eugenia Piddini

Publications:

Long-term imaging and spatio-temporal control of living cells using light Wijewardhane N., Rubio Dennis A., Uppington M., Hauser H., Gorochowski T.E., Piddini E., Hauert S. Proceedings of the International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), 2022. 

Modular Wavelength Adaption of the Dynamic Optical MicroEnvironment Wijewardhane N., Uppington M., How M., Hauser H., Piddini E., Hauert S. Proceedings of the International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS), 2023.