3D-printed microrobots from design to translation

SR Dabbagh, MR Sarabi, MT Birtek, S Seyfi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microrobots have attracted the attention of scientists owing to their unique features to
accomplish tasks in hard-to-reach sites in the human body. Microrobots can be precisely …

Mechanical properties of single cells: Measurement methods and applications

Y Hao, S Cheng, Y Tanaka, Y Hosokawa… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cell mechanical properties, eg elastic and shear modulus, play vital roles in cell activities
and functions, such as cell growth, cell division, cell motion, and cell adhesion …

Design and control of a novel asymmetrical piezoelectric actuated microgripper for micromanipulation

C Liang, F Wang, B Shi, Z Huo, K Zhou, Y Tian… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2018 - Elsevier
Microgripper is an important tool in high precision micromanipulation task, which directly
affects the quality and efficiency of micromanipulation. This paper presents the design and …

Controlling multiple microrobots: recent progress and future challenges

S Chowdhury, W Jing, DJ Cappelleri - Journal of Micro-Bio Robotics, 2015 - Springer
Robots the size of several microns have numerous application in medicine, biology, and
manufacturing. However, simultaneous control of multiple robots at this scale is difficult since …

[HTML][HTML] Rotation of biological cells: fundamentals and applications

T Tang, Y Hosokawa, T Hayakawa, Y Tanaka, W Li… - Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Cell rotation is one of the most important techniques for cell manipulation in modern
bioscience, as it not only permits cell observation from any arbitrary angle, but also simplifies …

Out-of-plane rotation control of biological cells with a robot-tweezers manipulation system for orientation-based cell surgery

M Xie, A Shakoor, Y Shen, JK Mills… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In many cell surgery applications, cell must be oriented properly such that the microsurgery
tool can access the target components with minimum damage to the cell. In this paper, a …

Towards independent control of multiple magnetic mobile microrobots

S Chowdhury, W Jing, DJ Cappelleri - Micromachines, 2015 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we have developed an approach for independent autonomous navigation of
multiple microrobots under the influence of magnetic fields and validated it experimentally …

A microforce-sensing mobile microrobot for automated micromanipulation tasks

W Jing, S Chowdhury, M Guix, J Wang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a microforce-sensing mobile microrobot (μFSMM) for use in automated
micromanipulation tasks. The design consists of a planar vision-based microforce sensor …

A Review of Single‐Cell Pose Adjustment and Puncture

X Guo, Y Zhang, D Jin, M Zhou - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Single‐cell manipulation technology is an essential method of cell research, with wide
applications in biological engineering, medical engineering, agricultural engineering, and …

Fabrication and optical manipulation of micro-robots for biomedical applications

D Zhang, Y Ren, A Barbot, F Seichepine, B Lo, ZC Ma… - Matter, 2022 - cell.com
Optical manipulation is a technology that enables accurate manipulation of micro-robots in
fluidic environment. Optical micro-robots, which can be used as micro-tools to perform …