  We present a sequence of driven-dissipative protocols for controlling cold
atoms in tilted optical lattices. These experimentally accessible examples are
templates that demonstrate how dissipation can be used to manipulate quantum
many-body systems. We consider bosonic atoms trapped in a tilted optical
lattice, immersed in a superfluid bath, and excited by coherent Raman lasers.
With these ingredients, we are able to controllably transport atoms in the
lattice and produce self-healing quantum states: a Mott insulator and the
topologically ordered spin-1 AKLT state.
