Micro/nanorobotic swarms: from fundamentals to functionalities

J Law, J Yu, W Tang, Z Gong, X Wang, Y Sun - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Swarms, which stem from collective behaviors among individual elements, are commonly
seen in nature. Since two decades ago, scientists have been attempting to understand the …

Medical Microrobots

V Iacovacci, E Diller, D Ahmed… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Scientists around the world have long aimed to produce miniature robots that can be
controlled inside the human body to aid doctors in identifying and treating diseases. Such …

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 and Control of the Magnetically Actuated Micro/Nanorobot Swarm toward Biomedical Applications

L Lu, H Zhao, Y Lu, Y Zhang, X Wang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, magnetically actuated micro/nanorobots hold extensive promises in biomedical
applications due to their advantages of noninvasiveness, fuel‐free operation, and …

Model-Free Control of Magnetic Microrobotic Swarm for On-Demand Pattern Spreading

X An, Z Xu, K Fang, Q Wang - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Introducing collective control strategies to microrobots provides a promising tool for
enhancing the capability of individual microrobots and promoting the manipulation …

Non-uniform magnetic fields for collective behavior of self-assembled magnetic pillars

JJ Huaroto, FN Piñan Basualdo, DL Roos Ariëns… - Swarm Intelligence, 2024 - Springer
Programmable and self-assembled magnetic pillars are essential to expanding the
application domain of magnetic microparticle collectives. Typically, the collective behavior of …

Precise control of magnetic soft microrobot in flowing environment

D Huang, Z Xu, X An, W Wang, J Xia, T Meng - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microrobots have demonstrated attractive advantages for biomedical use, ranging from
cargo delivery to invasive therapies. However, it remains a challenge to develop a universal …

Autonomous Navigation of Magnetic Microrobots With Improved Planning and Control in Complex Environments

Y Liu, H Wang, X Wu, J Qu, X Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetic field-driven microrobots have shown high potential in the field of medical
applications. Autonomous navigation is a crucial concern for magnetic microrobots …

A Review on Biomimetic Cilia Microrobots: Driving Methods, Application and Research Prospects

Z Jing, G Cai, Y Pan, Y Yuan - Current Nanoscience, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
With the development of science and technology, microrobots have been used in medicine,
biology, rescue, and many other fields. However, the microrobots have problems such as …

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 …