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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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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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Navigation of mini swimmers in channel networks with magnetic fields [PDF]
, 2012 Controlled navigation of swimming micro robots inside fluid filled channels is necessary for applications in living tissues and vessels. Hydrodynamic behavior inside channels and interaction with channel walls need to be understood well for successful ...
Bezer, Ayse Ecem +4 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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Science Advances, 2023 Swimming microrobots guided in the circulation system offer considerable promise in precision medicine but currently suffer from problems such as limited adhesion to blood vessels, intensive blood flow, and immune system clearance—all reducing the ...
Tianlong Li +11 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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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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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 +4 more
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A Workstation for microassembly [PDF]
, 2007 In this paper, an open-architecture, reconfigurable microassembly workstation for efficient and reliable assembly of micromachined parts is presented.
Kunt, Emrah Deniz +2 more
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