3 papers
cs.RO2026
Agentic Language-to-Objective Synthesis for Optofluidic Assembly
Ivan Saraev, Elena Erben, Weida Liao +4
Light-based advanced manufacturing increasingly requires programmable, closed-loop tools that translate human design intent into executable operations at small length scales. Yet a…
physics.flu-dyn2025
Optical Micromanipulations based on Model Predictive Control of Thermoviscous Flows
Elena Erben, Ivan Saraev, Weida Liao +3
High-precision micromanipulation techniques, including optical tweezers and hydrodynamic trapping, have garnered wide-spread interest. Recent advances in optofluidic multiplexed as…
physics.flu-dyn2025
Axisymmetric thermoviscous and thermal expansion flows for microfluidics
Weida Liao, Eric Lauga
Recent microfluidic experiments have explored the precise positioning of micron-sized particles in liquid environments via laser-induced thermoviscous flow. From micro-robotics to…