3D printing (also called “additive manufacturing” or “rapid prototy**”) is able to translate
computer-aided and designed virtual 3D models into 3D tangible constructs/objects through …

Carbon-based nanomaterials include fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, graphene and its
derivatives, graphene oxide, nanodiamonds, and carbon-based quantum dots. Due to their …

Medical micro/nanorobots have received tremendous attention over the past decades owing
to their potential to be navigated into hard-to-reach tissues for a number of biomedical …

Nature provides a wide range of inspiration for building mobile micromachines that can
navigate through confined heterogenous environments and perform minimally invasive …

The field of flexible electronics has rapidly expanded over the last decades, pioneering
novel applications, such as wearable and textile integrated devices, seamless and …

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 …

The use of tools can be traced back to the beginning of recorded history and represents a
significant step in the evolution of mankind. A machine is a tool that can perform intended …

Inspired by bacterial flagella, helical micro-/nanomachines (H-MNMs) can achieve
controllable 3D movement by converting rotational motion to translation in a corkscrew …

Currently, the focus of additive manufacturing (AM) is shifting from simple prototy** to
actual production. One driving factor of this process is the ability of AM to build geometries …

Micro-and nanorobots are promising devices for biomedical and environmental applications.
The past few years have witnessed rapid developments in this field. This short review …