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 …

Trends in micro‐/nanorobotics: materials development, actuation, localization, and system integration for biomedical applications

B Wang, K Kostarelos, BJ Nelson… - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Micro‐/nanorobots (m‐bots) have attracted significant interest due to their suitability
for applications in biomedical engineering and environmental remediation. Particularly, their …

3D printing of functional microrobots

J Li, M Pumera - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Untethered small-scale machines for microrobotic manipulation: From individual and multiple to collective machines

Q Wang, J Zhang, J Yu, J Lang, Z Lyu, Y Chen… - Acs Nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Untethered small-scale machines (USSMs) that can actively adjust their motion,
deformation, and collective states in response to external stimuli have gained enormous …

Recent advances in multi‐photon 3D laser printing: active materials and applications

P Mainik, CA Spiegel, E Blasco - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Since the pioneering work of Kawata and colleagues in 1997, multi‐photon 3D laser
printing, also known as direct laser writing, has made significant advancements in a wide …

In situ integrated microrobots driven by artificial muscles built from biomolecular motors

Y Wang, T Nitta, Y Hiratsuka, K Morishima - Science Robotics, 2022 - science.org
Microrobots have been developed for applications in the submillimeter domain such as the
manipulation of micro-objects and microsurgery. Rapid progress has been achieved in …

[HTML][HTML] 3D and 4D lithography of untethered microrobots

F Rajabasadi, L Schwarz, M Medina-Sánchez… - Progress in Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last decades, additive manufacturing (AM), also called three-dimensional (3D)
printing, has advanced micro/nano-fabrication technologies, especially in applications like …

Micro/nanorobots for medical diagnosis and disease treatment

Y Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Han, X Gong - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Micro/nanorobots are functional devices in microns, at nanoscale, which enable efficient
propulsion through chemical reactions or external physical field, including ultrasonic, optical …

A review on active 3D microstructures via direct laser lithography

I Bernardeschi, M Ilyas, L Beccai - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Direct laser lithography (DLL) is a key enabling technology for 3D constructs at the
microscale and its potential is rapidly growing toward the development of active …

Bubbles in microfluidics: An all-purpose tool for micromanipulation

Y Li, X Liu, Q Huang, AT Ohta, T Arai - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent decades, the integration of microfluidic devices and multiple actuation technologies
at the microscale has greatly contributed to the progress of related fields. In particular …