Medical microrobots

V Iacovacci, E Diller, D Ahmed… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Scientists around the world have long aimed to produce miniature robots that can be
controlled inside the human body to aid doctors in identifying and treating diseases. Such …

Medical Imaging of Microrobots: Toward In Vivo Applications

A Aziz, S Pane, V Iacovacci, N Koukourakis… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Medical microrobots (MRs) have been demonstrated for a variety of non-invasive biomedical
applications, such as tissue engineering, drug delivery, and assisted fertilization, among …

An acoustically controlled helical microrobot

Y Deng, A Paskert, Z Zhang, R Wittkowski… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
As a next-generation toolkit, microrobots can transform a wide range of fields, including
micromanufacturing, electronics, microfluidics, tissue engineering, and medicine. While still …

A robot-assisted acoustofluidic end effector

J Durrer, P Agrawal, A Ozgul, SCF Neuhauss… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Liquid manipulation is the foundation of most laboratory processes. For macroscale liquid
handling, both do-it-yourself and commercial robotic systems are available; however, for …

Acoustically powered surface-slip** mobile microrobots

A Aghakhani, O Yasa, P Wrede, M Sitti - Proceedings of the National …, 2020 - pnas.org
Untethered synthetic microrobots have significant potential to revolutionize minimally
invasive medical interventions in the future. However, their relatively slow speed and low …

3D steerable, acoustically powered microswimmers for single-particle manipulation

L Ren, N Nama, JM McNeill, F Soto, Z Yan, W Liu… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
The ability to precisely maneuver micro/nano objects in fluids in a contactless, biocompatible
manner can enable innovative technologies and may have far-reaching impact in fields such …

Ultrasound-activated ciliary bands for microrobotic systems inspired by starfish

C Dillinger, N Nama, D Ahmed - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Cilia are short, hair-like appendages ubiquitous in various biological systems, which have
evolved to manipulate and gather food in liquids at regimes where viscosity dominates …

Small‐scale machines driven by external power sources

XZ Chen, B Jang, D Ahmed, C Hu… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Micro‐and nanorobots have shown great potential for applications in various fields,
including minimally invasive surgery, targeted therapy, cell manipulation, environmental …

Ultrasonically propelled micro‐and nanorobots

J Li, CC Mayorga‐Martinez, CD Ohl… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasound at sufficiently low amplitudes, specifically in the MHz frequency range, does little
harm to the biological samples (such as cells and tissues) and provides an advantageous …

MOFBOTS: metal–organic‐framework‐based biomedical microrobots

X Wang, XZ Chen, CCJ Alcântara, S Sevim… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Motile metal− organic frameworks (MOFs) are potential candidates to serve as small‐scale
robotic platforms for applications in environmental remediation, targeted drug delivery, or …