Untethered small-scale machines (USSMs) that can actively adjust their motion,
deformation, and collective states in response to external stimuli have gained enormous …

Untethered, controllable, mobile microrobots have been proposed for numerous
applications, ranging from micro-manipulation, in vitro tasks (eg, operation of microscale …

Magnetically actuated microswimmers have attracted researchers to investigate their
swimming characteristics and controlled actuation. Although plenty of studies on actuating …

Helical microswimmers are suitable for propelling at low Reynolds numbers. To date,
artificial microswimmers with rigid helical tails have been significantly developed. However …

Micromanipulation systems have recently been receiving increased attention. Teleoperated
or automated micromanipulation is a challenging task due to the need for high-frequency …

Helical microswimmers that are capable of propulsion at low Reynolds numbers have great
potential for numerous applications. Several kinds of artificial magnetic-actuated helical …

The use of small, maneuverable, untethered and reconfigurable robots could provide
numerous advantages in various micromanipulation tasks. Examples include …

In this paper, the mobility matrix of helical microswimmers is investigated to compute the
magnetic torque as a function of the angular velocities of the helical robot to achieve a 3D …

At the microscale, small inertia and high dynamics of microparts increase the complexity of
grasping, releasing, and positioning tasks. The difficulty increases especially because the …

This paper presents a piconewton force-controlled magnetic microgripper (MMG) for
microscale manipulation and characterization. The MMG consists of a cantilevered wrist …