In contrast to conventional hard actuators, soft actuators offer many vivid advantages, such
as improved flexibility, adaptability, and reconfigurability, which are intrinsic to living …

In recent years, magnetism has gained an enormous amount of interest among researchers
for actuating different sizes and types of bio/soft robots, which can be via an electromagnetic …

High-performance, multifunctional bacteria-driven microswimmers are introduced using an
optimized design and fabrication method for targeted drug delivery applications. These …

The use of bacterial cells as agents of medical therapy has a long history. Research that was
ignited over a century ago with the accidental infection of cancer patients has matured into a …

Recent advances in the versatility and sophistication of design, fabrication, and control
methods of mobile microrobots could have a transforming impact on future healthcare …

The design of nanomotors and micro-bio-robots is of rising interest in nanomedicine and
nanotechnology. There have been many successful approaches to develop artificial …

Conspectus Self-propelled colloids have emerged as a new class of active matter over the
past decade. These are micrometer sized colloidal objects that transduce free energy from …

Nano-and micromotors are nano-and microscale devices, respectively, designed to perform
selected mechanical movements (eg, rotation, rolling, shuttling, delivery, contraction, and …

The past decade has seen intriguing reports and heated debates concerning the chemically-
driven enhanced motion of objects ranging from small molecules to millimetre-size synthetic …

Biohybrid microrobots, composed of a living organism integrated with an artificial carrier,
offer great advantages for the miniaturization of devices with onboard actuation, sensing …