AMT Nano, LLC has developed innovative technology for achieving a versatile microrobot platform. The innovation relies on a unique micromolding process, which is low-cost and high-throughput, and high precison. The process achieves versatility by generating deterministic freeform shapes in polymers and nanocomposites. Several perceived benefits accompany the micromolding process. Due to the three-dimensional nature, designers can introduce continuous contours and curvatures that would prove formidable to conventional stratified techniques. Material can be applied with varying thickness and imparted with desired optical, electrical, and magnetic properties via nanocomposites. The overall microrobot size and shape is not constrained and the minimum feature size is comparable to current MEMS technology. This technique will foster innovation through novel microrobot designs generated by the research community. Commercialization of the technology will proceed using established methods for similar technology previously used by AMT Nano that include state grants, equity investment and industry partners. Commercial Applications: Potential uses of the resulting common MEMs device manufacturing platform for micro robots are extremely large for this emerging technology area. The manufacturing technology will be commercialized through a contract manufacturing and project development business model that is applied to many potential uses of the manufactured micro robotic device. These applications include: 1) Medical devices for health monitoring and drug delivery, where micro robots will be deployed to specific sites within the body to either gather information or deliver a concentrated drug therapy with little collateral damage
