Smart materials for microrobots

F Soto, E Karshalev, F Zhang… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Over the past 15 years, the field of microrobotics has exploded with many research groups
from around the globe contributing to numerous innovations that have led to exciting new …

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 …

Lighting up micro-/nanorobots with fluorescence

M Yang, X Guo, F Mou, J Guan - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Micro-/nanorobots (MNRs) can be autonomously propelled on demand in complex
biological environments and thus may bring revolutionary changes to biomedicines …

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 …

A review of size-dependent continuum mechanics models for micro-and nano-structures

MA Roudbari, TD Jorshari, C Lü, R Ansari… - Thin-Walled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, the mechanical behavior of micro-/nano-structures has sparked an ongoing
debate, which leads to a fundamental question: what steps can be taken to investigate the …

Real-time 3D optoacoustic tracking of cell-sized magnetic microrobots circulating in the mouse brain vasculature

P Wrede, O Degtyaruk, SK Kalva, XL Deán-Ben… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Mobile microrobots hold remarkable potential to revolutionize health care by enabling
unprecedented active medical interventions and theranostics, such as active cargo delivery …

[HTML][HTML] Micro/nanoscale magnetic robots for biomedical applications

M Koleoso, X Feng, Y Xue, Q Li, T Munshi, X Chen - Materials Today Bio, 2020 - Elsevier
Magnetic small-scale robots are devices of great potential for the biomedical field because
of the several benefits of this method of actuation. Recent work on the development of these …

An introductory review of robotically assisted surgical systems

F Cepolina, RP Razzoli - The International Journal of Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The scope of the work is to present the state of the art of robotically assisted
surgical systems and to give a general idea about how technology can help today and …

Micro-rocket robot with all-optic actuating and tracking in blood

D Li, C Liu, Y Yang, L Wang, Y Shen - Light: Science & Applications, 2020 - nature.com
Micro/nanorobots have long been expected to reach all parts of the human body through
blood vessels for medical treatment or surgery. However, in the current stage, it is still …

Elucidating the interaction dynamics between microswimmer body and immune system for medical microrobots

IC Yasa, H Ceylan, U Bozuyuk, AM Wild, M Sitti - Science Robotics, 2020 - science.org
The structural design parameters of a medical microrobot, such as the morphology and
surface chemistry, should aim to minimize any physical interactions with the cells of the …