Medical micro/nanorobots in precision medicine

F Soto, J Wang, R Ahmed, U Demirci - Advanced science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in medical robots promise to improve modern medicine and the quality of life.
Miniaturization of these robotic platforms has led to numerous applications that leverages …

Advances of medical nanorobots for future cancer treatments

X Kong, P Gao, J Wang, Y Fang, KC Hwang - Journal of Hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Early detection and diagnosis of many cancers is very challenging. Late stage detection of a
cancer always leads to high mortality rates. It is imperative to develop novel and more …

Environmentally adaptive shape-morphing microrobots for localized cancer cell treatment

C Xin, D Jin, Y Hu, L Yang, R Li, L Wang, Z Ren… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microrobots have attracted considerable attention due to their extensive applications in
microobject manipulation and targeted drug delivery. To realize more complex micro …

Multifunctional biohybrid magnetite microrobots for imaging-guided therapy

X Yan, Q Zhou, M Vincent, Y Deng, J Yu, J Xu, T Xu… - Science robotics, 2017 - science.org
Magnetic microrobots and nanorobots can be remotely controlled to propel in complex
biological fluids with high precision by using magnetic fields. Their potential for controlled …

Medical Imaging of Microrobots: Toward In Vivo Applications

A Aziz, S Pane, V Iacovacci, N Koukourakis… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Medical microrobots (MRs) have been demonstrated for a variety of non-invasive biomedical
applications, such as tissue engineering, drug delivery, and assisted fertilization, among …

Micro/nanorobots for biomedicine: Delivery, surgery, sensing, and detoxification

J Li, B Esteban-Fernández de Ávila, W Gao, L Zhang… - Science robotics, 2017 - science.org
Micro-and nanoscale robots that can effectively convert diverse energy sources into
movement and force represent a rapidly emerging and fascinating robotics research area …

Fantastic voyage of nanomotors into the cell

PL Venugopalan, B Esteban-Fernández de Ávila… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Richard Feynman's 1959 vision of controlling devices at small scales and swallowing the
surgeon has inspired the science-fiction Fantastic Voyage film and has played a crucial role …

Mobile microrobots for active therapeutic delivery

P Erkoc, IC Yasa, H Ceylan, O Yasa… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in the versatility and sophistication of design, fabrication, and control
methods of mobile microrobots could have a transforming impact on future healthcare …

A Human‐Scale Clinically Ready Electromagnetic Navigation System for Magnetically Responsive Biomaterials and Medical Devices

S Gervasoni, N Pedrini, T Rifai, C Fischer… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic navigation systems are used to precisely manipulate magnetically responsive
materials enabling the realization of new minimally invasive procedures using magnetic …

MOFBOTS: metal–organic‐framework‐based biomedical microrobots

X Wang, XZ Chen, CCJ Alcântara, S Sevim… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Motile metal− organic frameworks (MOFs) are potential candidates to serve as small‐scale
robotic platforms for applications in environmental remediation, targeted drug delivery, or …