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 …

Design and build of small-scale magnetic soft-bodied robots with multimodal locomotion

Z Ren, M Sitti - Nature protocols, 2024 - nature.com
Small-scale magnetic soft-bodied robots can be designed to operate based on different
locomotion modes to navigate and function inside unstructured, confined and varying …

Twisting for soft intelligent autonomous robot in unstructured environments

Y Zhao, Y Chi, Y Hong, Y Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Soft robots that can harvest energy from environmental resources for autonomous
locomotion is highly desired; however, few are capable of adaptive navigation without …

Multimodal locomotion and cargo transportation of magnetically actuated quadruped soft microrobots

C Huang, Z Lai, X Wu, T Xu - Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 2022 - spj.science.org
Untethered microrobots have attracted extensive attention due to their potential for
biomedical applications and micromanipulation at the small scale. Soft microrobots are of …

Multi-Modal Mobility Morphobot (M4) with appendage repurposing for locomotion plasticity enhancement

E Sihite, A Kalantari, R Nemovi, A Ramezani… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Robot designs can take many inspirations from nature, where there are many examples of
highly resilient and fault-tolerant locomotion strategies to navigate complex terrains by …

Independent control strategy of multiple magnetic flexible millirobots for position control and path following

T Xu, C Huang, Z Lai, X Wu - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetically actuated small-scale robots have great potential for numerous applications in
remote, confined, or enclosed environments. Multiple small-scale robots enable cooperation …

Magnetic soft microfiberbots for robotic embolization

X Liu, L Wang, Y **ang, F Liao, N Li, J Li, J Wang… - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
Cerebral aneurysms and brain tumors are leading life-threatening diseases worldwide. By
deliberately occluding the target lesion to reduce the blood supply, embolization has been …

A tissue adhesion‐controllable and biocompatible small‐scale hydrogel adhesive robot

YW Lee, S Chun, D Son, X Hu, M Schneider… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, the realization of minimally invasive medical interventions on targeted tissues
using wireless small‐scale medical robots has received an increasing attention. For effective …

Adaptive wireless millirobotic locomotion into distal vasculature

T Wang, H Ugurlu, Y Yan, M Li, M Li, AM Wild… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microcatheters have enabled diverse minimally invasive endovascular operations and
notable health benefits compared with open surgeries. However, with tortuous routes far …

Wireless miniature magnetic phase‐change soft actuators

Y Tang, M Li, T Wang, X Dong, W Hu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wireless miniature soft actuators are promising for various potential high‐impact
applications in medical, robotic grippers, and artificial muscles. However, these miniature …