June 6, 2026 - B. J.Nelson, “ Microrobots: Two Decades of Progress,” SmartBot (2026): 2.

Microrobots: Two Decades of Progress · 20-May-2026 · The Editor-in-Chief Bradley J. Nelson is an author of this manuscript.

In the future, we need to further ... development of robotics and micro-nano technology, the research of microrobots from various countries is exploding, resulting in the development of microrobots propelled in various manners....

February 13, 2023 - After decades of development, magnetically driven microrobots have been extensively studied in the fields of cargo transportation, cell manipulation, toxic substance removal, and micromanipulation.

Realizing this promise requires ... technical progress over the past two decades, most millirobots and microrobots remain confined to laboratory proof‐of‐concept demonstrations, with limited real‐world feasibility....

November 15, 2022 - In the past two decades, with the development of robotics and micro-nano technology, the research of microrobots from various countries is exploding, resulting in the development of microrobots propelled in various manners.

July 15, 2025 - The field of micro/nanorobots has grown rapidly over the past two decades (Figure 1), leading to a new understanding of the propulsion and collective behaviors of microrobots, demonstrating new capabilities, and offering exciting new opportunities.

October 9, 2025 - In the last two decades, magnetically driven nano/microrobots have been developed for various biomedical applications8,36,124,165,166, especially in tumor therapy99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104,120,125,126.

October 24, 2022 - The last 2 decades have seen tremendous effort in microrobotic development because of their potential to radically improve the efficacy of numerous tasks, such as targeted drug delivery, cleaning clogged arteries, cell sorting, biopsy (Jin et ...

April 3, 2022 - After decades of development, microrobots have exhibited great application potential in the biomedical field, such as minimally invasive surgery, drug delivery, and bio-sensing. Compared with conventional medical robotic systems, microrobots ...

The field of micro/nanorobots has grown rapidly over the past two decades (Figure 1), leading to a new understanding of the propulsion and collective behaviors of microrobots, demonstrating new capabilities, and offering exciting new opportunities.

3 weeks ago - Microbotics (or microrobotics) is the field of miniature robotics, in particular mobile robots with characteristic dimensions less than 1 mm. The term can also be used for robots capable of handling micrometer size components. Microbots were born thanks to the appearance of the microcontroller in the last decade ...

June 22, 2010 - The use of magnetic fields and ... has a surprisingly long history. Over the past two decades, there has been renewed interest in this area with the growth of magnetic medical microrobots....

February 15, 2024 - The donor layer can be either solid or liquid, and a wide range of materials, including metal nanoparticles and biomaterials, are suitable for this technique [22]. LIFT is mainly a tool for the rapid and accurate creation of patterns on the substrate, but it is also possible to use it to fabricate three-dimensional structures [21,34]. The patterning capabilities of this technique were first explored in OLED (organic light emitting diode) fabrication [46], but over the past two decades, it has been also applied to build sensors [47], electrochemical capacitors [48], and transistors [49]. While the wide range of materials makes LIFT potentially interesting for such a wide range of applications, there are some significant challenges ahead for use in microrobotics.

January 1, 2023 - Microrobots were used for minimally invasive surgery, targeted drug delivery, and diagnostics. These tiny robots offered improved precision and reduced invasiveness compared to traditional surgical techniques.

February 12, 2019 - Looking further ahead, once they can be manipulated accurately and repeatedly at the subcellular size range, microrobots could enable tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, whereby damaged tissue and organs could be repaired or entirely rebuilt. Medical engineers have been working toward these goals for more than three decades, but recent advances in semiconductor fabrication techniques have spurred a surge in microscale and nanoscale research that is making viable medical microrobots look increasingly attainable.

March 29, 2024 - Magnetically actuated microrobots have become a research hotspot in recent years due to their tiny size, untethered control, and rapid response capability. Moreover, an increasing number of researchers are applying them for micro-/nano-manipulation ...

Through natural selection, real-life ... options for robotic engineering. In the last decade, biohybrid microrobots, using microorganisms in combination with artificial structures, have received increasing attention....