Microorganisms can move in complex media, respond to the environment and self-organize.
The field of microrobotics strives to achieve these functions in mobile robotic systems of sub …

Magnetic microrobotics has undergone approximately 20 years of development, and the
robotics and control communities have contributed significant theoretical and practical …

The pace of innovations in the field of optical trap** has ramped up in the past couple of
years. The implementation of structured light, leading to groundbreaking inventions such as …

Due to their small sizes, microrobots are advantageous for accessing hard-to-reach spaces
for delivery and measurement. However, their small sizes also bring challenges in on-board …

Magnetic actuation techniques and microrobots have attracted considerable interest due to
their potential applications in biomedicine. Interventional techniques have emerged as a …

There is great interest in the development of micromotors which can convert energy to
motion in sub-millimeter dimensions. Micromachines take the micromotor concept a step …

Therapeutic agents, such as drugs and cells, play an essential role in virtually every
treatment of injury, illness, or disease. However, the conventional practices of drug delivery …

Robotics is a rapidly growing field, and the innovative idea to scale down the size of robots
to the nanometer level has paved a new way of treating human health. Nanorobots have …

Recent years have seen a considerable growth of research interests in develo** novel
technologies that permit designable manufacture and controllable manipulation of actuators …

Mobile microscale devices and microrobots can be powered by catalytic reactions (chemical
micromotors) or by external fields. This report is focused on the role of light as a versatile …