Medical Microrobots
Medical microrobots are microscopic functional structures,
tethered or
untethered, designed to perform diagnosis and therapy non-invasively at the same
scale
as
single cells. They are envisioned to operate in physiologically-relevant fluids
by
taking
some inspiration from nature or by directly employing living cells and/or
microorganisms
in
combination with smart materials and structure designs. They should carry out
functions
such
as locomotion, sensing, decision making, micromanipulation, cargo-release,
enhanced
contrast
for bioimaging, among others.