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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
doaj   +1 more source

Magnetic tri-bead microrobot assisted near-infrared triggered combined photothermal and chemotherapy of cancer cells

Scientific Reports, 2021
Magnetic micro/nanorobots attracted much attention in biomedical fields because of their precise movement, manipulation, and targeting abilities. However, there is a lack of research on intelligent micro/nanorobots with stimuli-responsive drug delivery ...
Xiaoxia Song, Zhi Chen, Xue Zhang, Junfeng Xiong, Teng Jiang, Zihan Wang, Xinran Geng, U Kei Cheang   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

3D-Printed Microrobots: Translational Challenges

Micromachines, 2023
The science of microrobots is accelerating towards the creation of new functionalities for biomedical applications such as targeted delivery of agents, surgical procedures, tracking and imaging, and sensing.
Misagh Rezapour Sarabi, Ahmet Agah Karagoz, Ali K. Yetisen, Savas Tasoglu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Automated Fabrication of Magnetic Soft Microrobots

CoRR
Automated Fabrication of Magnetic Soft Microrobots (CSME) 2025, Montreal ...
Kaitlyn Clancy, Siwen Xie, Griffin Smith, Onaizah Onaizah   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Bioinspired Adaptive Surfaces for Intelligent Liquid Manipulation: Progressing From Passive and Active to Hybrid Strategies

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review examines passive, active, and hybrid liquid manipulation strategies, highlighting hybrid approaches as an emerging route to reconcile energy efficiency with adaptive control. By actively reconstructing passive surfaces to store programmable interfacial energy, hybrid systems enable flexible yet low‐power liquid transport, with perspectives ...
Jiaqi Miao, Yiyuan Zhang, Liqiu Wang, Alan C. H. Tsang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Selectively controlled magnetic microrobots with opposing helices [PDF]

Applied Physics Letters, 2020
Magnetic microrobots that swim through liquid media are of interest for minimally invasive medical procedures, bioengineering, and manufacturing. Many of the envisaged applications, such as micromanipulation and targeted cargo delivery, necessitate the use and adequate control of multiple microrobots, which will increase the velocity, robustness, and ...
Joshua Giltinan, Panayiota Katsamba, Wendong Wang, Eric Lauga, Metin Sitti   +4 more
openaire   +6 more sources

Soft Skins With Reversible Thickness Morphing: Materials, Mechanisms, and Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Evolution of electronic skin (e‐skin) technologies toward adaptive, multifunctional soft skins. Phase I highlights early rigid and discrete sensory interfaces. Phase II shows the transition toward flexible, stretchable, and large‐area e‐skin. Phase III captures the emergence of computational e‐skin.
Oliver Ozioko, Chiamaka Akah, Ravinder Dahiya   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence Meets Micro/Nanorobotics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Artificial intelligence is transforming micro‐ and nanorobots from externally controlled, task‐specific machines into adaptive, autonomous systems. Machine learning, multimodal perception, digital twins, AI‐guided materials and geometry design enhance propulsion, localization, decision‐making, whichaccelerates clinical and environmental applications ...
Fatma M. Yurtsever, Minitha Cherukutty Ramakrishnan, Ian Kuula Ross, Ivan Zelinka, Hamed Shahsavan, Michal Otyepka, Martin Pumera   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microfabrication of Soft Millirobots Propelled by Low Voltage Electrohydraulic Actuators

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Manual layer‐by‐layer assembly is replaced by wafer‐level MEMS batch fabrication for compliant polymer‐based electrohydraulic actuators. The microfabricated devices integrate sacrificially defined microcavities, Parylene‐C‐sealed inlets, and multilayer polymer–metal films.
Shai Shmulevich, Florian Hartmann, Herbert Shea   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Information Transmission Strategies for Self‐Organized Robotic Aggregation

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
In this review, we discuss how information transmission influences the neighbor‐based self‐organized aggregation of swarm robots. We focus specifically on local interactions regarding information transfer and categorize previous studies based on the functions of the information exchanged.
Shu Leng, Zihan Li, Yifeng Shao, Jinhao Liu, Li Yu, Shuguang Li   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source