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Versatile magnetic hydrogel soft capsule microrobots for targeted delivery

iScience, 2023
Summary: Maintaining the completeness of cargo and achieving on-demand cargo release during long navigations in complex environments of the internal human body is crucial.
Zichen Xu, Zehao Wu, Mingzhe Yuan, Yuanhe Chen, Wei Ge, Qingsong Xu   +5 more
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A Review on the Motion of Magnetically Actuated Bio-Inspired Microrobots

Applied Sciences, 2022
Nature consists of numerous solutions to overcome challenges in designing artificial systems. Various actuation mechanisms have been implemented in microrobots to mimic the motion of microorganisms. Such bio-inspired designs have contributed immensely to
Shanuka Dodampegama, Amith Mudugamuwa, Menaka Konara, Nisal Perera, Dinindu De Silva, Uditha Roshan, Ranjith Amarasinghe, Nirosh Jayaweera, Hiroki Tamura   +8 more
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Generation of magnetic biohybrid microrobots based on MSC.sTRAIL for targeted stem cell delivery and treatment of cancer

Cancer Nanotechnology, 2023
Background Combining the power of magnetic guidance and the biological activities of stem cells transformed into biohybrid microrobots holds great promise for the treatment of several diseases including cancer.
Rebekah Anamarie Gundersen, Tianyuan Chu, Kiana Abolfathi, Serap Gokcen Dogan, Phoebe Elizabeth Blair, Nyasha Nago, Michael Hamblin, Greg Nicholas Brooke, Ralf Michael Zwacka, Ali Kafash Hoshiar, Andrea Mohr   +10 more
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Stability of Soft Magnetic Helical Microrobots

Fluids, 2020
Nano/microrobotic swimmers have many possible biomedical applications such as drug delivery and micro-manipulation. This paper examines one of the most promising classes of these: rigid magnetic microrobots that are propelled through bulk fluid by ...
Kiarash Samsami, Seyed Amir Mirbagheri, Farshad Meshkati, Henry Chien Fu   +3 more
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A Tumbling Magnetic Microrobot System for Biomedical Applications [PDF]

Micromachines, 2020
Abstract A microrobot system comprised of an untethered tumbling magnetic microrobot, a two degree of freedom rotating permanent magnet, and an ultrasound imaging system has been developed for in vitro and in vivo biomedical applications.
Elizabeth E. Niedert, Chenghao Bi, Georges Adam, Elly Lambert, Luis Solorio, Craig J. Goergen, David J. Cappelleri   +6 more
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A Review of Single-Cell Microrobots: Classification, Driving Methods and Applications

Micromachines, 2023
Single-cell microrobots are new microartificial devices that use a combination of single cells and artificial devices, with the advantages of small size, easy degradation and ease of manufacture.
Yuhang Wang, Jun Chen, Guangfei Su, Jiaxi Mei, Junyang Li   +4 more
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Amphibious Movement of Microrobots Inspired by Water Spiders. [PDF]

Adv Sci (Weinh)
Inspired by the water strider, a novel microrobot is designed to maintain amphibious mobility in complex environments. It retains the ability to traverse the air‐liquid interface and perform directional movement within sophisticated, multifaceted environments, including complex gastric wall structures, with precise controllability.
Hu X, Ouyang R, Shi Z, Tao W, Zhu Z, Lin P, Lin J, Brandt L.   +7 more
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Magnetically Levitated Microrobotic Mixer

, 2023
5 pages, 2 figures, 1 ...
Yılmaz, Ecenur Can, Yılmaz, Abdurrahim, Demirçalı, Ali Anıl, Topçu, Efehan, Kaman, Lila, Üvet, Hüseyin   +5 more
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Acoustically Powered Magnetic Microrobots for Cellular Manipulation. [PDF]

Int Conf Manip Autom Robot Small Scales
A grand challenge in robotics, and the scientific community as a whole, is developing tools to determine the fate of singular micro- and nanoscale objects with a high level of precision and speed, particularly cells for biomedical applications. Despite the recent surge of activity in this area, there still does not exist a system that contains most of ...
Kirmizitas FC, Sokolich M, McNeill J, Maaddi A, Das S.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Permanent magnetic droplet–derived microrobots

Science Advances
Microrobots hold substantial potential for precision medicine. However, challenges remain in balancing multifunctional cargo loading with efficient locomotion and in predicting behavior in complex biological environments. Here, we present permanent magnetic droplet–derived microrobots (PMDMs) with superior cargo loading capacity and dynamic locomotion ...
Cao, Y, Xie, R, Schönhöfer, PWA, Burdis, R, Wang, R, Sun, R, Xie, K, Zou, J, Song, X, Lau, QY, Lin, J, Kim, JA, Georgiev, D, Tang, J, Ng, H, Bibikova, O, Zuo, Y, Lu, XL, Glotzer, SC, Stevens, MM   +19 more
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