Emerging application of nanorobotics and artificial intelligence to cross the BBB: advances in design, controlled maneuvering, and targeting of the barriers

AV Singh, V Chandrasekar… - ACS chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a prime focus for clinicians to maintain the homeostatic
function in health and deliver the theranostics in brain cancer and number of neurological …

Pattern generation and motion control of a vortex-like paramagnetic nanoparticle swarm

J Yu, L Yang, L Zhang - The International Journal of Robotics …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Controlling a swarm of microrobots with external fields is one of the major challenges for
untethered microrobots. In this work, we present a new method to generate a vortex-like …

Three-dimensional independent control of multiple magnetic microrobots via inter-agent forces

M Salehizadeh, E Diller - The International Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This article presents a method to independently control the position of multiple microscale
magnetic robots in three dimensions, operating in close proximity to each other. Having …

Independent pattern formation of nanorod and nanoparticle swarms under an oscillating field

X Du, J Yu, D **, PWY Chiu, L Zhang - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Natural swarms can be formed by various creatures. The swarms can conduct demanded
behaviors to adapt to their living environments, such as passing through harsh terrains and …

[HTML][HTML] Selectively controlled magnetic microrobots with opposing helices

J Giltinan, P Katsamba, W Wang, E Lauga… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetic microrobots that swim through liquid media are of interest for minimally invasive
medical procedures, bioengineering, and manufacturing. Many of the envisaged …

Bio-inspired non-cooperative multi-robot herding

A Pierson, M Schwager - 2015 IEEE International Conference …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new control strategy to control a group of dog-like robots to drive a
herd of non-cooperative sheep-like agents to a goal region in the environment. The sheep …

Kinematic model of a magnetic-microrobot swarm in a rotating magnetic dipole field

BK Chaluvadi, KM Stewart, AJ Sperry… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter describes how a rotating magnetic dipole field will manipulate the location and
shape of a swarm of magnetic microrobots, specifically microrobots that convert rotation into …

Steering a swarm of particles using global inputs and swarm statistics

S Shahrokhi, L Lin, C Ertel, M Wan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microrobotics has the potential to revolutionize many applications including targeted
material delivery, assembly, and surgery. The same properties that promise breakthrough …

Distributed formation stabilization using relative position measurements in local coordinates

M Aranda, G Lopez-Nicolas, C Sagüés… - … on Automatic Control, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a novel distributed method to stabilize a set of agents moving in a
two dimensional environment to a desired rigid formation. In our approach, each agent …

Independent and leader–follower control for two magnetic micro-agents

A Denasi, S Misra - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microrobotics is a promising field that can revolutionize fields such as minimally invasive
surgery. Applications such as micromanipulation can be performed more effectively using …