[HTML][HTML] Medical microrobots in reproductive medicine from the bench to the clinic

R Nauber, SR Goudu, M Goeckenjan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Medical microrobotics is an emerging field that aims at non-invasive diagnosis and therapy
inside the human body through miniaturized sensors and actuators. Such microrobots can …

Microrobots for biomedicine: unsolved challenges and opportunities for translation

JG Lee, RR Raj, NB Day, CW Shields IV - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Microrobots are being explored for biomedical applications, such as drug delivery, biological
cargo transport, and minimally invasive surgery. However, current efforts largely focus on …

Multimodal locomotion and cargo transportation of magnetically actuated quadruped soft microrobots

C Huang, Z Lai, X Wu, T Xu - Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2022 - spj.science.org
Untethered microrobots have attracted extensive attention due to their potential for
biomedical applications and micromanipulation at the small scale. Soft microrobots are of …

High shear rate propulsion of acoustic microrobots in complex biological fluids

A Aghakhani, A Pena-Francesch, U Bozuyuk… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Untethered microrobots offer a great promise for localized targeted therapy in hard-to-
access spaces in our body. Despite recent advancements, most microrobot propulsion …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced rotational flows enable the translation of surface-rolling microrobots in confined spaces

U Bozuyuk, A Aghakhani, Y Alapan, M Yunusa… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Biological microorganisms overcome the Brownian motion at low Reynolds numbers by
utilizing symmetry-breaking mechanisms. Inspired by them, various microrobot locomotion …

[HTML][HTML] Manipulation with sound and vibration: A review on the micromanipulation system based on sub-MHz acoustic waves

Y Liu, Q Yin, Y Luo, Z Huang, Q Cheng, W Zhang… - Ultrasonics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Manipulation of micro-objects have been playing an essential role in biochemical analysis
or clinical diagnostics. Among the diverse technologies for micromanipulation, acoustic …

[HTML][HTML] Driving modes and characteristics of biomedical micro-robots

L Huang, Y Pan, M Wang, L Ren - Engineered Regeneration, 2023 - Elsevier
Micro-robots (MRs) are miniature machines with dimensions smaller than 1 mm and have
semi-or fully-autonomous capabilities, including sensing, decision-making, and performing …

[HTML][HTML] Review of bubble applications in microrobotics: propulsion, manipulation, and assembly

Y Zhou, L Dai, N Jiao - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
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 …

Bubble‐Based Microrobots with Rapid Circular Motions for Epithelial Pinning and Drug Delivery

JG Lee, RR Raj, CP Thome, NB Day, P Martinez… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Remotely powered microrobots are proposed as next‐generation vehicles for drug delivery.
However, most microrobots swim with linear trajectories and lack the capacity to robustly …

Field-controlled microrobots fabricated by photopolymerization

X Liang, Z Chen, Y Deng, D Liu, X Liu… - Cyborg and Bionic …, 2023 - spj.science.org
Field-controlled microrobots have attracted extensive research in the biological and medical
fields due to the prominent characteristics including high flexibility, small size, strong …