Medical Microrobots

V Iacovacci, E Diller, D Ahmed… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
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 for minimally invasive medicine

BJ Nelson, IK Kaliakatsos… - Annual review of …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Microrobots have the potential to revolutionize many aspects of medicine. These untethered,
wirelessly controlled and powered devices will make existing therapeutic and diagnostic …

[HTML][HTML] Translational prospects of untethered medical microrobots

H Ceylan, IC Yasa, U Kilic, W Hu… - Progress in Biomedical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Untethered mobile microrobots have the potential to transform medicine radically. Their
small size and wireless mobility can enable access to and navigation in confined, small …

Milestones for autonomous in vivo microrobots in medical applications

B Sun, G Wood, S Miyashita - Surgery, 2021 - Elsevier
In light of recent developments within both health care and robotics, the use of robots within
the human body has become attainable. Here we discuss the milestones for the realization …

Biomedical applications of untethered mobile milli/microrobots

M Sitti, H Ceylan, W Hu, J Giltinan… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Untethered robots miniaturized to the length scale of millimeter and below attract growing
attention for the prospect of transforming many aspects of health care and bioengineering …

[HTML][HTML] The development of medical microrobots: a review of progress

R Bogue - Industrial Robot: An International Journal, 2008 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of recent progress in the
development of medical microrobots. Design/methodology/approach–The paper first …

State of the Art in Actuation of Micro/Nanorobots for Biomedical Applications

A Elnaggar, S Kang, M Tian, B Han… - Small Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The emergence of micro/nanorobotics stands poised to revolutionize various biomedical
applications, given its potential to offer precision, reduced invasiveness, and enhanced …

[HTML][HTML] Frontiers of Medical Micro/Nanorobotics: in vivo Applications and Commercialization Perspectives Toward Clinical Uses

F Soto, R Chrostowski - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The field of medical micro/nanorobotics holds considerable promise for advancing medical
diagnosis and treatment due to their unique ability to move and perform complex task at …

[HTML][HTML] A review of microrobot's system: Towards system integration for autonomous actuation in vivo

Z Li, C Li, L Dong, J Zhao - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microrobots have received great attention due to their great potential in the biomedical field,
and there has been extraordinary progress on them in many respects, making it possible to …

Medical microrobots have potential in surgery, therapy, imaging, and diagnostics

S Ornes - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Trypanosoma brucei, the pathogen that causes sleeping sickness, has a clever and
insidious trick to help it navigate its hosts' innards: It changes shape depending on its …