Micro/nanorobotic swarms: from fundamentals to functionalities

J Law, J Yu, W Tang, Z Gong, X Wang, Y Sun - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Swarms, which stem from collective behaviors among individual elements, are commonly
seen in nature. Since two decades ago, scientists have been attempting to understand the …

Microrobots for targeted delivery and therapy in digestive system

Y Wang, J Shen, S Handschuh-Wang, M Qiu, S Du… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Untethered miniature robots enable targeted delivery and therapy deep inside the
gastrointestinal tract in a minimally invasive manner. By combining actuation systems and …

Autonomous environment-adaptive microrobot swarm navigation enabled by deep learning-based real-time distribution planning

L Yang, J Jiang, X Gao, Q Wang, Q Dou… - Nature Machine …, 2022 - nature.com
Navigating a large swarm of micro-/nanorobots is critical for potential targeted
delivery/therapy applications owing to the limited volume/function of a single microrobot, and …

Magnetic microswarm and fluoroscopy‐guided platform for biofilm eradication in biliary stents

M Sun, KF Chan, Z Zhang, L Wang, Q Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biofilm eradication from medical implants is of fundamental importance, and the treatment of
biofilm‐associated pathogen infections on inaccessible biliary stents remains challenging …

Magnetically actuated continuum medical robots: A review

Z Yang, H Yang, Y Cao, Y Cui… - Advanced intelligent …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The magnetic field has unique advantages in manipulating miniature robots working inside
the human body, such as high transparency to biological tissue and good controllability for …

Swarming multifunctional heater–thermometer nanorobots for precise feedback hyperthermia delivery

J Liu, L Li, C Cao, Z Feng, Y Liu, H Ma, W Luo, J Guan… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Micro-/nanorobots (MNRs) are envisioned to act as “motile-targeting” platforms for
biomedical tasks due to their ability to propel and navigate in challenging, hard-to-reach …

Liquid metal droplets enabled soft robots

L Zheng, S Handschuh‐Wang, Z Ye, B Wang - Applied Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Soft robots have attracted significant interest due to their suitability for applications in a
variety of engineering and biomedical applications. Particularly, fluid-based soft robots, such …

Small‐Scale Robotics with Tailored Wettability

B Wang, S Handschuh‐Wang, J Shen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Small‐scale robots (SSRs) have emerged as promising and versatile tools in various
biomedical, sensing, decontamination, and manipulation applications, as they are uniquely …

Image-integrated magnetic actuation systems for localization and remote actuation of medical miniature robots: A survey

X Du, J Yu - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetic miniature robots are promising tools for minimally invasive and noninvasive
therapy. Constructing systems with actuation–perception loops is an essential step to …

Tracking and navigation of a microswarm under laser speckle contrast imaging for targeted delivery

Q Wang, Q Wang, Z Ning, KF Chan, J Jiang, Y Wang… - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
Micro/nanorobotic swarms consisting of numerous tiny building blocks show great potential
in biomedical applications because of their collective active delivery ability, enhanced …