Design and build of small-scale magnetic soft-bodied robots with multimodal locomotion

Z Ren, M Sitti - Nature protocols, 2024 - nature.com
Small-scale magnetic soft-bodied robots can be designed to operate based on different
locomotion modes to navigate and function inside unstructured, confined and varying …

An acoustically controlled helical microrobot

Y Deng, A Paskert, Z Zhang, R Wittkowski… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
As a next-generation toolkit, microrobots can transform a wide range of fields, including
micromanufacturing, electronics, microfluidics, tissue engineering, and medicine. While still …

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 …

Amphibious Miniature Soft Jumping Robot with On‐Demand In‐Flight Maneuver

Y Wang, X Du, H Zhang, Q Zou, J Law… - Advanced Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In nature, some semiaquatic arthropods evolve biomechanics for jumping on the water
surface with the controlled burst of kinetic energy. Emulating these creatures, miniature …

Wireless flow-powered miniature robot capable of traversing tubular structures

C Hong, Y Wu, C Wang, Z Ren, C Wang, Z Liu, W Hu… - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
Wireless millimeter-scale robots capable of navigating through fluid-flowing tubular
structures hold substantial potential for inspection, maintenance, or repair use in nuclear …

Ultrafast, Programmable, and Electronics‐Free Soft Robots Enabled by Snapping Metacaps

L Jin, Y Yang, BOT Maldonado, SD Lee… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soft robots offer a myriad of potential because of their intrinsically compliant bodies,
enabling safe interactions with humans and adaptability to unpredictable environments …

Micro-and nanofabrication of dynamic hydrogels with multichannel information

M Zhang, Y Lee, Z Zheng, MTA Khan, X Lyu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Creating micro/nanostructures containing multi-channel information within responsive
hydrogels presents exciting opportunities for dynamically changing functionalities. However …

Exact and computationally robust solutions for cylindrical magnets systems with programmable magnetization

F Masiero, E Sinibaldi - Advanced Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic systems based on permanent magnets are receiving growing attention, in
particular for micro/millirobotics and biomedical applications. Their design landscape is …

3D printing of multilayer magnetic miniature soft robots with programmable magnetization

Z Li, YP Lai, E Diller - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetically driven miniature soft robots exhibit fast and dexterous responses to an applied
external magnetic field. With remote manipulation, controlled navigation of robots can be …

Synergistical mechanical design and function integration for insect-scale on-demand configurable multifunctional soft magnetic robots

X Ke, H Yong, F Xu, Z Chai, J Jiang, X Ni, Z Wu - Soft Robotics, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Meso-or micro-scale (or insect-scale) robots that are capable of realizing flexible locomotion
and/or carrying on complex tasks in a remotely controllable manner hold great promise in …