Integrated Actuation and Sensing: Toward Intelligent Soft Robots

S Zhou, Y Li, Q Wang, Z Lyu - Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2024 - spj.science.org
Soft robotics has received substantial attention due to its remarkable deformability, making it
well-suited for a wide range of applications in complex environments, such as medicine …

Untethered micro/nanorobots for remote sensing: Toward intelligent platform

Q Wang, S Yang, L Zhang - Nano-Micro Letters, 2024 - Springer
Untethered micro/nanorobots that can wirelessly control their motion and deformation state
have gained enormous interest in remote sensing applications due to their unique motion …

Embedded Physical Intelligence in Liquid Crystalline Polymer Actuators and Robots

W Feng, Q He, L Zhang - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Responsive materials possess the inherent capacity to autonomously sense and respond to
various external stimuli, demonstrating physical intelligence. Among the diverse array of …

AI-enhanced biomedical micro/nanorobots in microfluidics

H Dong, J Lin, Y Tao, Y Jia, L Sun, WJ Li, H Sun - Lab on a Chip, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Human beings encompass sophisticated microcirculation and microenvironments,
incorporating a broad spectrum of microfluidic systems that adopt fundamental roles in …

Micro/nanorobots for remediation of water resources and aquatic life

H Wang, Y Jing, J Yu, B Ma, M Sui, Y Zhu… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Nowadays, global water scarcity is becoming a pressing issue, and the discharge of various
pollutants leads to the biological pollution of water bodies, which further leads to the …

Celebrating 60 years of The Chinese University of Hong Kong: Research highlights in nanoscience and nanotechnology

L Yang, CHJ Choi, J Wang, J Xia, L Zhang, T Ngai, Y Zi… - 2023 - ACS Publications
Recent breakthroughs and advances in nanoscience and nanotechnology have profoundly
impacted young-generation education, accelerated knowledge transfer to enhance the …

Ex vivo validation of magnetically actuated intravascular untethered robots in a clinical setting

LJW Ligtenberg, NCA Rabou, C Goulas… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Intravascular surgical instruments require precise navigation within narrow vessels,
necessitating maximum flexibility, minimal diameter, and high degrees of freedom. Existing …

Batteries for small-scale robotics

M Zhu, OG Schmidt - MRS Bulletin, 2024 - Springer
The advent of small-scale robots holds immense potential for revolutionizing various
industries, particularly in the domains of surgery and operations within confined spaces that …

Adaptive learning and sliding mode control for a magnetic microrobot precision tracking with uncertainties

Y Liu, H Wang, Q Fan - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetic microrobots have potential applications in many medical diagnosis and treatment
due to the unique characteristics in biological fine manipulation, such as precise drug …

Design and development of a magnetic-steered minimally invasive bioprinting system

H Chen, Z Xu, Z Li, Q Xu - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Bioprinting is a promising fabrication technique to create medical devices for the human
body in vivo or in vitro. However, the existing in-vivo bioprinting methods impose various …