Actuation of mobile microbots: a review

H Hussein, A Damdam, L Ren… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Maturation of robotics research and advances in the miniaturization of machines have
contributed to the development of microbots and enabled new technological possibilities …

A Survey of Recent Developments in Magnetic Microrobots for Micro-/Nano-Manipulation

R Xu, Q Xu - Micromachines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Magnetically actuated microrobots have become a research hotspot in recent years due to
their tiny size, untethered control, and rapid response capability. Moreover, an increasing …

Design of a bio-inspired untethered soft octopodal robot driven by magnetic field

R Xu, Q Xu - Biomimetics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Inspired by insects in nature, an increasing number of soft robots have been proposed to
mimic their locomotion patterns. As a wireless actuation method, the magnetic actuation …

Progress and prospective of the soft robots with the magnetic response

C An, T Wang, S Wu, L Gao, Q Deng, L Zhao, N Hu - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
The flexible soft robots with the magnetic response are widely studied because of their light
weight, fast and accurate response, strong adaptability and other excellent characteristics …

Development of an inchworm-like soft pipe robot for detection

M Li, G Wang, J Wang, Y Zheng, X Jiao - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pipe robots have been gradually applied to regularly detect drainage pipelines in building to
ensure drainage system operating smoothly. However, mostly existing pipe robots hardly …

Microbial Cells as a Microrobots: From Drug Delivery to Advanced Biosensors

P Gotovtsev - Biomimetics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The presented review focused on the microbial cell based system. This approach is based
on the application of microorganisms as the main part of a robot that is responsible for the …

Effects of Filler Anisometry on the Mechanical Response of a Magnetoactive Elastomer Cell: A Single-Inclusion Modeling Approach

TA Nadzharyan, EY Kramarenko - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
A finite-element model of the mechanical response of a magnetoactive elastomer (MAE)
volume element is presented. Unit cells containing a single ferromagnetic inclusion with …

A magnetically driven symmetrical leech-inspired soft robot for various applications

Z Qiao, X Teng, S Yu, L Zhang, W Yang - Journal of Magnetism and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we present a symmetrical leech-inspired soft robot that employs a magnetic
actuation system for precise movement control. The robot weighs only 1.17 g and has a …

Nature-Inspired Bubble Magnetic Microrobots for Multimode Locomotion, Cargo delivery, Imaging, and Biosensing

Z Xu, Q Xu, HH Yu - 2024 IEEE International Conference on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wirelessly actuated magnetic microrobots are promising tools in medical applications due to
their tiny sizes and attractive robotic properties. However, it remains a huge challenge to …

Bioinspired Cilia-Like Microrobot Swarms for Precise Environmental Learning and Modification at Small Scale

Z Xu, Q Xu - IECON 2023-49th Annual Conference of the IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Physical environment perception, modification, and measurement are challenging in
constrained space at a small scale due to the lack of accessible sensors and related …