Untethered small-scale machines for microrobotic manipulation: From individual and multiple to collective machines

Q Wang, J Zhang, J Yu, J Lang, Z Lyu, Y Chen… - Acs Nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Untethered small-scale machines (USSMs) that can actively adjust their motion,
deformation, and collective states in response to external stimuli have gained enormous …

4D printing: The development of responsive materials using 3D-printing technology

PE Antezana, S Municoy, G Ostapchuk, PN Catalano… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Additive manufacturing, widely known as 3D printing, has revolutionized the production of
biomaterials. While conventional 3D-printed structures are perceived as static, 4D printing …

3D nanofabricated soft microrobots with super-compliant picoforce springs as onboard sensors and actuators

H Xu, S Wu, Y Liu, X Wang, AK Efremov, L Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Microscale organisms and specialized motile cells use protein-based spring-like responsive
structures to sense, grasp and move. Rendering this biomechanical transduction …

Puffball‐inspired microrobotic systems with robust payload, strong protection, and targeted locomotion for on‐demand drug delivery

X Song, R Sun, R Wang, K Zhou, R Xie, J Lin… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microrobots are recognized as transformative solutions for drug delivery systems (DDSs)
because they can navigate through the body to specific locations and enable targeted drug …

Spatiotemporally actuated hydrogel by magnetic swarm nanorobotics

B Wang, D Liu, Y Liao, Y Huang, M Ni, M Wang, Z Ma… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Magnetic nanorobotic swarms can mimic collective functions of organisms in nature and be
programmed for flexible spatiotemporal control. In this work, different assemblies of …

Magnetically Driven Self‐Degrading Zinc‐Containing Cystine Microrobots for Treatment of Prostate Cancer

M Ussia, M Urso, M Kratochvilova, J Navratil, J Balvan… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed tumor disease in men, and its treatment is
still a big challenge in standard oncology therapy. Magnetically actuated microrobots …

A Soft Biodegradable Chitosan‐Based Medical Microrobot with Optimized Structural Design and X‐Ray Visibility for Targeted Vessel Chemoembolization

G Go, HW Song, M Nan, J Lee, S Kim… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although many medical microrobots have been developed for treating diseases, their
designs have not been optimized for disease environments and their functionality and …

Biohybrid magnetic microrobots for tumor assassination and active tissue regeneration

D Liu, T Zhang, Y Guo, Y Liao, Z Wu… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Magnetic microrobots have attracted increasing research interest for diverse biomedical
applications, such as targeted therapy and tissue regeneration. However, multifunctional …

Size‐Dependent Locomotion Ability of Surface Microrollers on Physiologically Relevant Microtopographical Surfaces

U Bozuyuk, E Yildiz, M Han, SO Demir, M Sitti - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Controlled microrobotic navigation inside the body possesses significant potential for
various biomedical engineering applications. Successful application requires considering …

Advanced medical micro-robotics for early diagnosis and therapeutic interventions

D Zhang, TE Gorochowski, L Marucci… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Recent technological advances in micro-robotics have demonstrated their immense
potential for biomedical applications. Emerging micro-robots have versatile sensing …