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Recent Advances in the Application of Piezoelectric Materials in Microrobotic Systems

Micromachines, 2022
Recent advances in precision manufacturing technology and a thorough understanding of the properties of piezoelectric materials have made it possible for researchers to develop innovative microrobotic systems, which draw more attention to the challenges ...
Alireza Fath, Tian Xia, Wei Li
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IRONSperm:Sperm-templated soft magnetic microrobots [PDF]

, 2020
We develop biohybrid magnetic microrobots by electrostatic self-assembly of nonmotile sperm cells and magnetic nanoparticles. Incorporating a biological entity into microrobots entails many functional advantages beyond shape templating, such as the ...
Schmidt, Oliver G., Medina-Sanchez, Mariana, Xu, Haifeng, Mohanty, Sumit, Khalil, Islam S.M., Magdanz, Veronika, Misra, Sarthak, Khalil, Islam S.M.; id_orcid, Khalil, Islam S. M., Mohanty, Sumit; id_orcid, Simmchen, Juliane, Aziz, Azaam, Furtado, Guilherme P., Gebauer, Johannes, Klingner, Anke   +14 more
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Impact of Segmented Magnetization on the Flagellar Propulsion of Sperm‐Templated Microrobots

Advanced Science, 2021
Technical design features for improving the way a passive elastic filament produces propulsive thrust can be understood by analyzing the deformation of sperm‐templated microrobots with segmented magnetization. Magnetic nanoparticles are electrostatically
Veronika Magdanz, Jacopo Vivaldi, Sumit Mohanty, Anke Klingner, Marilena Vendittelli, Juliane Simmchen, Sarthak Misra, Islam S. M. Khalil   +7 more
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Design of Microrobots – microworld technology

, 2021
This Bechelor thesis aims to introduce problematics of designing microrobots and microsystems. The thesis emphasizes technology, which are suitable for aplication in the microworld.
Kamrla, Jan
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Biohybrid Microrobots: Design, Fabrication, Characterization and Applications [PDF]

, 2022
Bioinspired microrobots capable of actively moving in biological fluids have attracted considerable attention for biomedical applications because of their unique dynamic features that are otherwise difficult to achieve by their static counterparts.
Zhang, Fangyu
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Medical Microrobots

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering
Scientists around the world have long aimed to produce miniature robots that can be controlled inside the human body to aid doctors in identifying and treating diseases. Such microrobots hold the potential to access hard-to-reach areas of the body through the natural lumina.
Iacovacci, Veronica, Diller, Eric, Ahmed, Daniel, Menciassi, Arianna   +3 more
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Review of Bubble Applications in Microrobotics: Propulsion, Manipulation, and Assembly

Micromachines, 2022
In recent years, microbubbles have been widely used in the field of microrobots due to their unique properties. Microbubbles can be easily produced and used as power sources or tools of microrobots, and the bubbles can even serve as microrobots ...
Yuting Zhou, Liguo Dai, Niandong Jiao
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Light-Controlled Micromotors and Soft Microrobots [PDF]

, 2019
Mobile microscale devices and microrobots can be powered by catalytic reactions (chemical micromotors) or by external fields. This report is focused on the role of light as a versatile means for wirelessly powering and controlling such microdevices ...
Dhruv P. Singh, Singh, Dhruv P., Fischer, P., Fischer, Peer, Stefano Palagi, Palagi, Stefano, Palagi, S., Singh, D., Peer Fischer, Fischer, P. ; https://orcid.org/   +9 more
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Autonomous object harvesting using synchronized optoelectronic microrobots [PDF]

, 2021
Optoelectronic tweezer-driven microrobots (OETdMs) are a versatile micromanipulation technology based on the application of light induced dielectrophoresis to move small dielectric structures (microrobots) across a photoconductive substrate.
Mennillo, L, Edwards, H, Elsayed, M, Morshead, C, Shaw, M, Zhang, S, Wheeler, AR, Stoyanov, D, Pawar, V, Bendkowski, C, Xu, T, Stojic, F   +11 more
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Magnetic Mobile Microrobots for Upstream and Downstream Navigation in Biofluids with Variable Flow Rate

Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022
Magnetic mobile microrobots navigating biofluids with both upstream and downstream locomotion provide a promising solution to targeted drug delivery for precision medicine.
Zehao Wu, Yuting Zhang, Nana Ai, Haoran Chen, Wei Ge, Qingsong Xu   +5 more
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