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Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2021 Microrobots with simultaneously improved degradability and mechanical strength are highly demanded in performing in vivo delivery tasks in clinical applications. The properties of degradability and mechanical strength are contradictory for many materials
Tanyong Wei +6 more
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Active joints for microrobot limbs [PDF]
, 1992 The authors propose an electrostatic actuator for active joints. The active joint consists of two plates, one of which is a bilayer and bent by the bimorph effect. The plates are clamped to each other at one edge.
Elwenspoek, M., Hok, B., Smith, L.
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Light‐Powered Microrobots: Challenges and Opportunities for Hard and Soft Responsive Microswimmers
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2021 Worldwide research in microrobotics has exploded in the past two decades, leading to the development of microrobots propelled in various manners. Despite significant advances in the field and successful demonstration of a wide range of applications ...
Ada‐Ioana Bunea +5 more
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Cooperative Micromanipulation Using the Independent Actuation of Fifty Microrobots in Parallel
Scientific Reports, 2017 Micromanipulation for applications in areas such as tissue engineering can require mesoscale structures to be assembled with microscale resolution. One method for achieving such manipulation is the parallel actuation of many microrobots in parallel ...
M. Arifur Rahman +3 more
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Robust Control Strategy of Gradient Magnetic Drive for Microrobots Based on Extended State Observer
Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2022 Microrobots have great application potential in the biomedical field, to realize the precision and efficiency of microrobots in vivo is research focus in this field. Microrobots are accompanied by various disturbances in complex environment.
Jiawei Lu +5 more
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Swimming of onboard-powered autonomous robots in viscous fluid filled channels [PDF]
, 2011 Microrobots can make a great impact in medical applications such as minimally-invasive surgery, screening and diagnosis of diseases, targeted therapy and drug delivery.
Erman, Aydek Gokce +3 more
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Four-Dimensional-Printed Microrobots and Their Applications: A Review
Micromachines, 2023 Owing to their small size, microrobots have many potential applications. In addition, four-dimensional (4D) printing facilitates reversible shape transformation over time or upon the application of stimuli.
Bobby Aditya Darmawan +3 more
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Micromanipulation With Microrobots [PDF]
IEEE Open Journal of Nanotechnology, 2021 Microrobots are promising tools for applications that require micromanipulation, such as single-cell manipulation and surgery, tissue engineering, and desktop manufacturing. This paper briefly reviews common microrobot actuation mechanisms, then reviews current progress in several capabilities that are desirable for micromanipulation, with an emphasis ...
M Arifur Rahman, Aaron T. Ohta
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Light Sailboats: Laser driven autonomous microrobots [PDF]
, 2012 We introduce a system of light driven microscopic autonomous moving particles that move on a flat surface. The design is simple, yet effective: Micrometer sized objects with wedge shape are produced by photopolymerization, they are covered with a ...
Búzás, Anrdás +6 more
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High‐Speed NIR‐Driven Untethered 3D‐Printed Hydrogel Microrobots in High‐Viscosity Liquids
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 Untethered synthetic microrobots have significant potential to revolutionize biomedical interventions therapy in the future. However, the relatively slow speed of microrobots and viscosity biofluid environments are some of barriers standing in the way of
Yin Chen +13 more
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