Biomedical Applications of Untethered Mobile Milli/Microrobots

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 f...

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Published in:Proceedings of the IEEE 2015-02, Vol.103 (2), p.205-224
Main Authors: Sitti, Metin, Ceylan, Hakan, Hu, Wenqi, Giltinan, Joshua, Turan, Mehmet, Yim, Sehyuk, Diller, Eric
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical engineering
Biomedical imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetomechanical effects
Medical robots
microrobots
minimally invasive surgery
Mobile communication
Robot sensing systems
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0018-9219
1558-2256
DOI:10.1109/JPROC.2014.2385105