Descriptions of experiments represented by each data file: Filename: Description: Fig2 Hydrodynamic clamping of a 5um diameter silica bead using two micro-actuators of 16um diameter located 22um away from the target Fig3a Hydrodynamic manipulation of a 5um diameter silica bead; using two micro-actuators of 30um diameter Fig3b Hydrodynamic manipulation of a 5um diameter silica bead; using two micro-actuators of 11um diameter Fig4d Hydrodynamic clamping of a 5um diameter silica bead using two 3-bead constellation rotors of 16um diameter located 22um away from the target Fig4e Hydrodynamic manipulation of a 5um diameter silica bead using two 3-bead constellation rotors of 16um diameter located 22um away from the target Fig4g Hydrodynamic clamping of a 3um diameter chromium piece using two 3-bead constellation rotors of 16um diameter located 21um away from the target Fig4i Hydrodynamic manipulaiton of a 4um diameter yeast cell using two 5-yeast constellation rotors of 12um diameter Fig4j Hydrodynamic clamping of a 4um diameter yeast cell using three 5-yeast constellation rotors of 12um diameter located 18um away from the target SI_Fig1 Hydrodynamic clamping of a 2.5um diameter silica bead using two micro-actuators of 16um diameter located 22um away from the target SI_Fig3 Hydrodynamic clamping of two 5um diameter silica beads using five micro-actuators of 22um diameter located 28um away from the centre of mass of the targets SI_Fig4 Hydrodynamic manipulation of two 5um diameter silica beads using five micro-actuators of 22um diameter The data in these files are saved in the following way: Filename: Columns: Fig2 t | X_targ | Y_targ | X_tr1 | Y_tr1 | X_tr2 | Y_tr2 | R1 | R2 | -- | -- | -- | Xo_targ | Yo_targ Fig3a t | X_targ | Y_targ | X_tr1 | Y_tr1 | X_tr2 | Y_tr2 | R1 | R2 | -- | -- | -- | Xo_targ | Yo_targ Fig3b t | X_targ | Y_targ | -- | X_tr1 | Y_tr1 | X_tr2 | Y_tr2 | R1 | R2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Xo_targ | Yo_targ Fig4d t | X_targ | Y_targ | X_tr1 | Y_tr1 | X_tr2 | Y_tr2 | R1 | R2 | Xo_targ | Yo_targ Fig4e t | X_targ | Y_targ | X_tr1 | Y_tr1 | X_tr2 | Y_tr2 | R1 | R2 Fig4g t | X_targ | Y_targ | X_tr1 | Y_tr1 | X_tr2 | Y_tr2 | R1 | R2 | -- | -- | -- | Xo_targ | Yo_targ | -- | -- Fig4i t | X_targ | Y_targ | X_tr1 | Y_tr1 | X_tr2 | Y_tr2 | R1 | R2 | -- | -- | -- | Xo_targ | Yo_targ Fig4j t | X_targ | Y_targ | Orn | X_tr1 | Y_tr1 | X_tr2 | Y_tr2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | Xo_targ | Yo_targ | Orn_o SI_Fig1 t | X_targ | Y_targ | X_tr1 | Y_tr1 | X_tr2 | Y_tr2 | R1 | R2 | Xo_targ | Yo_targ SI_Fig3 t | X_targ | Y_targ | X_targ2 | Y_targ2 | X_tr1 | Y_tr1 | X_tr2 | Y_tr2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | -- | -- | Xo_targ | Yo_targ | Xo_targ2 | Yo_targ2 | -- | -- SI_Fig4 t | X_targ | Y_targ | X_targ2 | Y_targ2 | X_tr1 | Y_tr1 | X_tr2 | Y_tr2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | -- | -- | Xo_targ | Yo_targ | Xo_targ2 | Yo_targ2 The following conventions were used: t - time, s X_targ - target's X location, metres Y_targ - target's Y location, metres X_targ2 - second target's X location, metres Y_targ2 - second target's Y location, metres Orn - targets orientation, degrees X_tr1 - X location of a trap in the first rotor, metres Y_tr1 - Y location of a trap in the first rotor, metres X_tr2 - X location of a trap in the second rotor, metres Y_tr2 - Y location of a trap in the second rotor, metres Ri - calculated rotation rate of the ith rotor, degrees/s Xo_targ - target's desired X location, metres Yo_targ - target's desired Y location, metres Xo_targ2 - second target's desired X location, metres Yo_targ2 - second target's desired Y location, metres Orn_o - desired targets orientation, degrees -- - this column was automatically populated and the data is not relevant for this particular experiment