Advances of medical nanorobots for future cancer treatments

X Kong, P Gao, J Wang, Y Fang, KC Hwang - Journal of Hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Early detection and diagnosis of many cancers is very challenging. Late stage detection of a
cancer always leads to high mortality rates. It is imperative to develop novel and more …

Magnetically driven micro and nanorobots

H Zhou, CC Mayorga-Martinez, S Pané… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Manipulation and navigation of micro and nanoswimmers in different fluid environments can
be achieved by chemicals, external fields, or even motile cells. Many researchers have …

Tracking and navigation of a microswarm under laser speckle contrast imaging for targeted delivery

Q Wang, Q Wang, Z Ning, KF Chan, J Jiang, Y Wang… - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
Micro/nanorobotic swarms consisting of numerous tiny building blocks show great potential
in biomedical applications because of their collective active delivery ability, enhanced …

[HTML][HTML] Game changers in science and technology-now and beyond

UAK Betz, L Arora, RA Assal, H Azevedo… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2023 - Elsevier
The recent devastating pandemic has drastically reminded humanity of the importance of
constant scientific and technological progress. A strong interdisciplinary dialogue between …

Robotic wireless capsule endoscopy: recent advances and upcoming technologies

Q Cao, R Deng, Y Pan, R Liu, Y Chen, G Gong… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) offers a non-invasive evaluation of the digestive system,
eliminating the need for sedation and the risks associated with conventional endoscopic …

Scale-reconfigurable miniature ferrofluidic robots for negotiating sharply variable spaces

X Fan, Y Jiang, M Li, Y Zhang, C Tian, L Mao, H **e… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Magnetic miniature soft robots have shown great potential for facilitating biomedical
applications by minimizing invasiveness and possible physical damage. However …

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 …

Micro/nanorobotic swarms: from fundamentals to functionalities

J Law, J Yu, W Tang, Z Gong, X Wang, Y Sun - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Swarms, which stem from collective behaviors among individual elements, are commonly
seen in nature. Since two decades ago, scientists have been attempting to understand the …

Lighting up micro-/nanorobots with fluorescence

M Yang, X Guo, F Mou, J Guan - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Micro-/nanorobots (MNRs) can be autonomously propelled on demand in complex
biological environments and thus may bring revolutionary changes to biomedicines …

3D nanofabricated soft microrobots with super-compliant picoforce springs as onboard sensors and actuators

H Xu, S Wu, Y Liu, X Wang, AK Efremov, L Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Microscale organisms and specialized motile cells use protein-based spring-like responsive
structures to sense, grasp and move. Rendering this biomechanical transduction …