Control and autonomy of microrobots: Recent progress and perspective

J Jiang, Z Yang, A Ferreira… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
After decades of development, microrobots have exhibited great application potential in the
biomedical field, such as minimally invasive surgery, drug delivery, and bio‐sensing …

Multimodal locomotion and cargo transportation of magnetically actuated quadruped soft microrobots

C Huang, Z Lai, X Wu, T Xu - Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2022 - spj.science.org
Untethered microrobots have attracted extensive attention due to their potential for
biomedical applications and micromanipulation at the small scale. Soft microrobots are of …

Independent control strategy of multiple magnetic flexible millirobots for position control and path following

T Xu, C Huang, Z Lai, X Wu - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetically actuated small-scale robots have great potential for numerous applications in
remote, confined, or enclosed environments. Multiple small-scale robots enable cooperation …

Autonomous 3D positional control of a magnetic microrobot using reinforcement learning

SA Abbasi, A Ahmed, S Noh, NL Gharamaleki… - Nature Machine …, 2024 - nature.com
Magnetic microrobots have shown promise in the field of biomedical engineering, facilitating
precise drug delivery, non-invasive diagnosis and cell-based therapy. Current techniques …

Recent progress on motion control of swimming micro/nanorobots

S Yu, Y Cai, Z Wu, Q He - View, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Swimming micro/nanorobots attract considerable attention due to their considerable
promises in various fields ranging from environmental remediation to biomedicine. However …

Design and characteristics of 3D magnetically steerable guidewire system for minimally invasive surgery

S Zhang, M Yin, Z Lai, C Huang, C Wang… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Endovascular techniques have been increasingly adapted to medical applications as a
minimally-invasive treatment approach to diagnose and treat various vascular diseases …

A magnetically controlled soft miniature robotic fish with a flexible skeleton inspired by zebrafish

C Huang, Z Lai, L Zhang, X Wu… - Bioinspiration & …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The untethered miniature swimming robot actuation and control is difficult as the robot size
becomes smaller, due to limitations of feasible miniaturized on-board components. Nature …

Micro/nanorobots for remediation of water resources and aquatic life

H Wang, Y Jing, J Yu, B Ma, M Sui, Y Zhu… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Nowadays, global water scarcity is becoming a pressing issue, and the discharge of various
pollutants leads to the biological pollution of water bodies, which further leads to the …

Mobile Ultrasound Tracking and Magnetic Control for Long‐Distance Endovascular Navigation of Untethered Miniature Robots against Pulsatile Flow

L Yang, M Zhang, Z Yang, H Yang… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐distance endovascular navigation of miniature robots under the guidance of medical
imaging modalities is essential for microrobotic targeted delivery in the human body. Herein …

A systematic review on the potency of swarm intelligent nanorobots in the medical field

MK Bijli, P Verma, AP Singh - Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 2024 - Elsevier
The field of robotics is emerging quickly, and the miniaturization of robots to the nanoscale
has opened up new possibilities for healthcare. Swarm nanorobotics, as a research area …