Proceedings of the IEEE· 2015Q1· Review
Biomedical Applications of Untethered Mobile Milli/Microrobots
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Short summary
Untethered milli/microrobots offer unprecedented access to previously unreachable body sites, enabling high-resolution in situ and in vivo manipulations for minimally invasive medical operations.
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Key points
- Miniaturized untethered robots (milli/microrobots) are advancing healthcare and bioengineering.
- These robots allow access to previously unreachable body sites for in situ and in vivo manipulation.
- This technology enables a broad spectrum of minimally invasive medical operations.
- The review covers current advances, future impacts, challenges, and design concepts for biomedical microrobots.
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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.
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Field: Condensed Matter Physics
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