3D-printed microrobots from design to translation

SR Dabbagh, MR Sarabi, MT Birtek, S Seyfi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microrobots have attracted the attention of scientists owing to their unique features to
accomplish tasks in hard-to-reach sites in the human body. Microrobots can be precisely …

Micro/nanorobotic swarms: from fundamentals to functionalities

J Law, J Yu, W Tang, Z Gong, X Wang, Y Sun - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Swarms, which stem from collective behaviors among individual elements, are commonly
seen in nature. Since two decades ago, scientists have been attempting to understand the …

Magnetically steerable bacterial microrobots moving in 3D biological matrices for stimuli-responsive cargo delivery

MB Akolpoglu, Y Alapan, NO Dogan, SF Baltaci… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Bacterial biohybrids, composed of self-propelling bacteria carrying micro/nanoscale
materials, can deliver their payload to specific regions under magnetic control, enabling …

Modular-designed engineered bacteria for precision tumor immunotherapy via spatiotemporal manipulation by magnetic field

X Ma, X Liang, Y Li, Q Feng, K Cheng, N Ma… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Micro-nano biorobots based on bacteria have demonstrated great potential for tumor
diagnosis and treatment. The bacterial gene expression and drug release should be …

Magnetic torque–driven living microrobots for increased tumor infiltration

T Gwisai, N Mirkhani, MG Christiansen, TT Nguyen… - Science Robotics, 2022 - science.org
Biohybrid bacteria–based microrobots are increasingly recognized as promising externally
controllable vehicles for targeted cancer therapy. Magnetic fields in particular have been …

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 …

Stimuli-responsive functional micro-/nanorobots: a review

Y Zhou, M Ye, C Hu, H Qian, BJ Nelson, X Wang - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Stimuli-responsive functional micro-/nanorobots (srFM/Ns) are a class of intelligent, efficient,
and promising microrobots that can react to external stimuli (such as temperature, light …

An engineered bacteria-hybrid microrobot with the magnetothermal bioswitch for remotely collective perception and imaging-guided cancer treatment

H Chen, Y Li, Y Wang, P Ning, Y Shen, X Wei, Q Feng… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Microrobots driven by multiple propelling forces hold great potential for noninvasively
targeted delivery in the physiologic environment. However, the remotely collective …

Magnetic–acoustic sequentially actuated CAR T cell microrobots for precision navigation and in situ antitumor immunoactivation

X Tang, Y Yang, M Zheng, T Yin, G Huang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite its clinical success, chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR T)‐cell immunotherapy
remains limited in solid tumors, owing to the harsh physical barriers and …

A diatom-based biohybrid microrobot with a high drug-loading capacity and pH-sensitive drug release for target therapy

M Li, J Wu, D Lin, J Yang, N Jiao, Y Wang, L Liu - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Targeted delivery is a promising mean for various biomedical applications, and various
micro/nano robots have been created for drug delivery. Mesoporous silica has been shown …