Mechanically-guided 3D assembly for architected flexible electronics

R Bo, S Xu, Y Yang, Y Zhang - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Architected flexible electronic devices with rationally designed 3D geometries have found
essential applications in biology, medicine, therapeutics, sensing/imaging, energy, robotics …

Smart materials for microrobots

F Soto, E Karshalev, F Zhang… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Over the past 15 years, the field of microrobotics has exploded with many research groups
from around the globe contributing to numerous innovations that have led to exciting new …

Untethered small-scale magnetic soft robot with programmable magnetization and integrated multifunctional modules

Y Dong, L Wang, N **a, Z Yang, C Zhang, C Pan… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Intelligent magnetic soft robots capable of programmable structural changes and
multifunctionality modalities depend on material architectures and methods for controlling …

Medical micro/nanorobots in precision medicine

F Soto, J Wang, R Ahmed, U Demirci - Advanced science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in medical robots promise to improve modern medicine and the quality of life.
Miniaturization of these robotic platforms has led to numerous applications that leverages …

Reconfigurable magnetic slime robot: deformation, adaptability, and multifunction

M Sun, C Tian, L Mao, X Meng, X Shen… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic miniature soft‐bodied robots allow non‐invasive access to restricted spaces and
provide ideal solutions for minimally invasive surgery, micromanipulation, and targeted drug …

Submillimeter-scale multimaterial terrestrial robots

M Han, X Guo, X Chen, C Liang, H Zhao, Q Zhang… - Science Robotics, 2022 - science.org
Robots with submillimeter dimensions are of interest for applications that range from tools for
minimally invasive surgical procedures in clinical medicine to vehicles for manipulating …

Colloidal tubular microrobots for cargo transport and compression

X Wang, B Sprinkle, HK Bisoyi… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Microrobot swarms have seen increased interest in recent years due to their potentials for in
vivo delivery and imaging with cooperative propulsion modes and enhanced imaging …

A soft microrobot with highly deformable 3D actuators for climbing and transitioning complex surfaces

W Pang, S Xu, J Wu, R Bo, T **… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The climbing microrobots have attracted growing attention due to their promising
applications in exploration and monitoring of complex, unstructured environments. Soft …

Exploiting ferrofluidic wetting for miniature soft machines

M Sun, B Hao, S Yang, X Wang, C Majidi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Miniature magnetic soft machines could significantly impact minimally invasive robotics and
biomedical applications. However, most soft machines are limited to solid magnetic …

Microscopic robots with onboard digital control

MF Reynolds, AJ Cortese, Q Liu, Z Zheng, W Wang… - Science Robotics, 2022 - science.org
Autonomous robots—systems where mechanical actuators are guided through a series of
states by information processing units to perform a predesigned function—are expected to …