ReviewFrontiers in robotics and AI2022
Advanced medical micro-robotics for early diagnosis and therapeutic interventions.
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- Embodied Cross-Domain Intelligence in Biomedical Microrobots: A Review.Cyborg and bionic systems (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Review
- Modeling feasible locomotion of nanobots for cancer detection and treatment.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Untethered Microgrippers for Biopsy in the Upper Urinary Tract.Advanced healthcare materials · 2024Article
- Advancements in robotic surgery: innovations, challenges and future prospects.Journal of robotic surgery · 2024Review
- Micro/nanosystems for controllable drug delivery to the brain.Innovation (Cambridge (Mass.)) · 2024Review
- Magnetic propelled hydrogel microrobots for actively enhancing the efficiency of lycorine hydrochloride to suppress colorectal cancer.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Programmable acoustic modular microrobots.Journal of micro-bio robotics · 2024Article
- Advancements in Robotic Surgery: A Comprehensive Overview of Current Utilizations and Upcoming Frontiers.Cureus · 2023Review
- Navigation and Control of Motion Modes with Soft Microrobots at Low Reynolds Numbers.Micromachines · 2023Article
- Microbial Cells as a Microrobots: From Drug Delivery to Advanced Biosensors.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
Recent technological advances in micro-robotics have demonstrated their immense potential for biomedical applications. Emerging micro-robots have versatile sensing systems, flexible locomotion and dexterous manipulation capabilities that can significantly contribute to the healthcare system. Despite the appreciated and tangible benefits of medical micro-robotics, many challenges still remain. Here, we review the major challenges, current trends and significant achievements for developing versatile and intelligent micro-robotics with a focus on applications in early diagnosis and therapeutic interventions. We also consider some recent emerging micro-robotic technologies that employ synthetic biology to support a new generation of living micro-robots. We expect to inspire future development of micro-robots toward clinical translation by identifying the roadblocks that need to be overcome.
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