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 …

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 …

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 …

Ultrasonically propelled micro‐and nanorobots

J Li, CC Mayorga‐Martinez, CD Ohl… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasound at sufficiently low amplitudes, specifically in the MHz frequency range, does little
harm to the biological samples (such as cells and tissues) and provides an advantageous …

Recent advances in field‐controlled micro–nano manipulations and micro–nano robots

Y Chen, D Chen, S Liang, Y Dai, X Bai… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Field‐controlled micro–nano manipulations and micro–nano robots have attracted
increasing attention in the fields of medicine, environment, engineering, and energy due to …

Ultrasound microrobots with reinforcement learning

M Schrage, M Medany, D Ahmed - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasound is an attractive modality for controlling micro/nanorobots due to penetrating deep
into tissue, not being affected by the opaque nature of animal bodies, and generating a …

[HTML][HTML] Manipulation with sound and vibration: A review on the micromanipulation system based on sub-MHz acoustic waves

Y Liu, Q Yin, Y Luo, Z Huang, Q Cheng, W Zhang… - Ultrasonics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Manipulation of micro-objects have been playing an essential role in biochemical analysis
or clinical diagnostics. Among the diverse technologies for micromanipulation, acoustic …

Actuation and biomedical development of micro-/nanorobots–A review

S Zhao, D Sun, J Zhang, H Lu, Y Wang, R Xiong… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the past 20 years, there has been considerable progress in the development of
research in the micro-/nanorobotics area. Through major, rapid, investment in the field and …

Ultrasound‐controlled Swarmbots under physiological flow conditions

ADC Fonseca, T Kohler… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Navigation of microrobots in living vasculatures is essential in realizing targeted drug
delivery and advancing non‐invasive surgeries. Acoustically‐controlled “swarmbots” are …