Control and autonomy of microrobots: Recent progress and perspective

J Jiang, Z Yang, A Ferreira… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
After decades of development, microrobots have exhibited great application potential in the
biomedical field, such as minimally invasive surgery, drug delivery, and bio‐sensing …

Artificial intelligence in reproductive medicine

R Wang, W Pan, L Jin, Y Li, Y Geng, C Gao… - …, 2019 - rep.bioscientifica.com
Artificial intelligence (AI) has experienced rapid growth over the past few years, moving from
the experimental to the implementation phase in various fields, including medicine …

Robotic micromanipulation: Fundamentals and applications

Z Zhang, X Wang, J Liu, C Dai… - Annual Review of Control …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Robotic micromanipulation is a relatively young field. However, after three decades of
development and evolution, the fundamental physics; techniques for sensing, actuation, and …

The future of IVF: the new normal in human reproduction

VA Kushnir, GD Smith, EY Adashi - Reproductive Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Increased demand for in vitro fertilization (IVF) due to socio-demographic trends, and supply
facilitated by new technologies, converged to transform the way a substantial proportion of …

Microinjection in biomedical applications: An effortless autonomous omnidirectional microinjection system

S Zhuang, D Lei, X Yu, M Tong, W Lin… - IEEE Industrial …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Thanks to the advancements in micro-and nanomechatronics techniques, the capability to
inject foreign materials into target locations inside biosamples has become increasingly …

[HTML][HTML] Human sperm rheotaxis: a passive physical process

Z Zhang, J Liu, J Meriano, C Ru, S Xie, J Luo, Y Sun - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
A long-standing question in natural reproduction is how mammalian sperm navigate inside
female reproductive tract and finally reach the egg cell, or oocyte. Recently, fluid flow was …

Thinking big by thinking small: application of microfluidic technology to improve ART

JE Swain, D Lai, S Takayama, GD Smith - Lab on a Chip, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) laboratories often carry a penchant to resist change while in the
pursuit of maintaining consistency in laboratory conditions. However, implementation of new …

A review of automated microinjection systems for single cells in the embryogenesis stage

S Permana, E Grant, GM Walker… - … /ASME Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modern genetics research has resulted in significant advances in cell in vitro microinjection
systems. Such systems provide biological and medical practitioners with high volume cell …

Automation in ART: paving the way for the future of infertility treatment

KAL Abdullah, T Atazhanova, A Chavez-Badiola… - Reproductive …, 2023 - Springer
In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is estimated to account for the birth of more than nine million babies
worldwide, perhaps making it one of the most intriguing as well as commoditised and …

Three-dimensional rotation of mouse embryos

C Leung, Z Lu, XP Zhang, Y Sun - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Research and clinical applications, such as microinjection and polar-body biopsy involve 3-
D rotation of mammalian oocytes/embryos. In these cell manipulation tasks, the polar body …