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 …

Biomedical applications of untethered mobile milli/microrobots

M Sitti, H Ceylan, W Hu, J Giltinan… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Untethered robots miniaturized to the length scale of millimeter and below attract growing
attention for the prospect of transforming many aspects of health care and bioengineering …

Multiple mobile robot systems

LE Parker, D Rus, GS Sukhatme - Springer handbook of robotics, 2016 - Springer
Within the context of multiple mobile, and networked robot systems, this chapter explores the
current state of the art. After a brief introduction, we first examine architectures for multirobot …

Independent control of multiple magnetic microrobots in three dimensions

E Diller, J Giltinan, M Sitti - The International Journal of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
A major challenge for untethered microscale mobile robotics is the control of many agents in
the same workspace for distributed operation. In this work, we present a new method to …

Modeling and experimental characterization of an untethered magnetic micro-robot

C Pawashe, S Floyd, M Sitti - The International Journal of …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Here we present the control, performance and modeling of an untethered
electromagnetically actuated magnetic micro-robot. The microrobot, which is composed of …

Micro-scale mobile robotics

E Diller, M Sitti - Foundations and Trends® in Robotics, 2013 - nowpublishers.com
The field of microrobotics has seen tremendous advances in recent years. The principles
governing the design of such submillimeter scale robots rely on an understanding of …

Three-dimensional magnetic manipulation of micro-and nanostructures for applications in life sciences

S Schuerle, S Erni, M Flink… - IEEE transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a magnetic manipulation system capable of 5 degree-of-freedom (5-DOF)
wireless control of micro-and nanostructures (3-DOF position, 2-DOF pointing orientation) …

Small, fast, and under control: wireless resonant magnetic micro-agents

DR Frutiger, K Vollmers… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Primary challenges in the building of untethered submillimeter sized robots include
propulsion methods, power supply, and control. We present a novel type of microrobot …

Control of multiple heterogeneous magnetic microrobots in two dimensions on nonspecialized surfaces

E Diller, S Floyd, C Pawashe… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose methods to control multiple untethered magnetic microrobots
(called Mag-μBots), with all dimensions under 1 mm, without the need for a specialized …

Modular self‐reconfigurable robotic systems: a survey on hardware architectures

SSR Chennareddy, A Agrawal… - Journal of Robotics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Modular self‐reconfigurable robots present wide and unique solutions for growing demands
in the domains of space exploration, automation, consumer products, and so forth. The …