Manipulation of micro-and nano-objects has been widely studied in the past two decades
due to its potential applications in various fields. In this review, we focus primarily on …

Electromagnetic-based actuation is receiving increasing attention for driving microparticles,
particularly for in vivo biomedical applications. In this article, we present a core shape …

Untethered mobile microrobots controlled by an external magnetic gradient field can be
employed as advanced biomedical applications inside the human body such as cell therapy …

This paper presents the design, modeling, and implementation of an innovative, high-power
hexapole magnetic tweezer system for 3-D micromanipulations. The designed system has …

This article describes the design and development of an integrated system that renders ultra-
precise and high-speed, untethered manipulation of a single magnetic scanning microprobe …

Selective and independent manipulation of microparticles is important for a wide range of
applications. Compared to other physical principles, magnetic field is promising due to its …

Noncontact actuation has gained a large interest over the last few years, and many works
have been performed on magnetic actuation, dielectrophoresis, or optical tweezers …

Introduction: Electromagnetically controlled small-scale robots show great potential in
precise diagnosis, targeted delivery, and minimally invasive surgery. The automatic …

As an untethered scanning probe approaches a wall in aqueous solutions, the drag
coefficient increases and approaches infinity, which challenges the precise motion control of …

Microrobots have an enormous potential in medical applications such as the minimal
invasion to human body, drug delivery and drug imaging. Magnetic tweezers, as a very …