Biomedical Applications of Untethered Mobile Milli/Microrobots
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- 24 March 2015
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Proceedings of the IEEE
- Vol. 103 (2), 205-224
- https://doi.org/10.1109/jproc.2014.2385105
Abstract
Untethered robots miniaturized to the length scale of millimeter and below attract growing attention for the prospect of transforming many aspects of health care and bioengineering. As the robot size goes down to the order of a single cell, previously inaccessible body sites would become available for high-resolution in situ and in vivo manipulations. This unprecedented direct access would enable an extensive range of minimally invasive medical operations. Here, we provide a comprehensive review of the current advances in biomedical untethered mobile milli/microrobots. We put a special emphasis on the potential impacts of biomedical microrobots in the near future. Finally, we discuss the existing challenges and emerging concepts associated with designing such a miniaturized robot for operation inside a biological environment for biomedical applications.Keywords
Funding Information
- NIH (R01-NR014083)
- NSF Cyber Physical Systems Program (CNS-1135850)
- NSF National Robotics Initiative Program (NRI-1317477)
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