Overactive immune responses and insufficient growth factors limit #SpinalCordInjury recovery.
Magnetically controlled dendritic cell #Microrobots deliver #NeurotrophicFactors and modulate immune activity to promote axonal regeneration.
#IJEM #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1088/2631...
Magnetically controlled dendritic cell #Microrobots deliver #NeurotrophicFactors and modulate immune activity to promote axonal regeneration.
#IJEM #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1088/2631...
November 8, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Overactive immune responses and insufficient growth factors limit #SpinalCordInjury recovery.
Magnetically controlled dendritic cell #Microrobots deliver #NeurotrophicFactors and modulate immune activity to promote axonal regeneration.
#IJEM #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1088/2631...
Magnetically controlled dendritic cell #Microrobots deliver #NeurotrophicFactors and modulate immune activity to promote axonal regeneration.
#IJEM #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1088/2631...
Can a drying polymer droplet make a robot? Discover magnetic microrobots with stable shapes, controlled motion and pH-triggered release.
Minghan Hu is one of our 2026 Emerging Investigators, and this is the first paper from their research group. Congratulations!
pubs.rsc.org/lp/article/d...
Minghan Hu is one of our 2026 Emerging Investigators, and this is the first paper from their research group. Congratulations!
pubs.rsc.org/lp/article/d...
November 11, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Can a drying polymer droplet make a robot? Discover magnetic microrobots with stable shapes, controlled motion and pH-triggered release.
Minghan Hu is one of our 2026 Emerging Investigators, and this is the first paper from their research group. Congratulations!
pubs.rsc.org/lp/article/d...
Minghan Hu is one of our 2026 Emerging Investigators, and this is the first paper from their research group. Congratulations!
pubs.rsc.org/lp/article/d...
Some areas of the brain remain beyond the reach of traditional surgical tools. Georgia Tech researchers are developing tiny, magnetically steered robots designed to travel along curved paths those tools can’t follow.
techsquareatl.com/tech-square-...
techsquareatl.com/tech-square-...
Reaching Where Neurosurgeons Can't — Tech Square ATL
New research from the Georgia Tech MEMs Lab at TSRB in Tech Square points to microrobots that can aid in neurosurgery. The work done in coordination with Emory University is still in development.
techsquareatl.com
October 30, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Some areas of the brain remain beyond the reach of traditional surgical tools. Georgia Tech researchers are developing tiny, magnetically steered robots designed to travel along curved paths those tools can’t follow.
techsquareatl.com/tech-square-...
techsquareatl.com/tech-square-...
First was a fascinating talk by Bradley Nelson on clinically ready microrobots at MIT Robotics youtu.be/a3mkkYiGhCs?...
Bradley Nelson: Clinically Ready Microrobots
YouTube video by MIT Robotics
youtu.be
October 28, 2026 at 11:03 PM
First was a fascinating talk by Bradley Nelson on clinically ready microrobots at MIT Robotics youtu.be/a3mkkYiGhCs?...
Bradley Nelson: Clinically Ready Microrobots
YouTube video by MIT Robotics
youtu.be
October 28, 2026 at 3:57 AM
🧬🤖 Microrobots that could deliver drugs to specific locations inside the body, & urine tests for cancer detection: Dame Molly Stevens from @ox.ac.uk & @oxforddpag.bsky.social explores the future of #medicine.
🎓️ Register now for her Queen’s Lecture at #TUBerlin 👉 events.tu-berlin.de/e/40000022_Q...
🎓️ Register now for her Queen’s Lecture at #TUBerlin 👉 events.tu-berlin.de/e/40000022_Q...
October 26, 2026 at 12:59 PM
🧬🤖 Microrobots that could deliver drugs to specific locations inside the body, & urine tests for cancer detection: Dame Molly Stevens from @ox.ac.uk & @oxforddpag.bsky.social explores the future of #medicine.
🎓️ Register now for her Queen’s Lecture at #TUBerlin 👉 events.tu-berlin.de/e/40000022_Q...
🎓️ Register now for her Queen’s Lecture at #TUBerlin 👉 events.tu-berlin.de/e/40000022_Q...
🤓💡 If you already want to dive into Molly Steven's research, check out our interview with her. 👇
Queen's Lecture 2026: Interview with Molly Stevens
Dame Molly Stevens, professor at Oxford, is delivering the 2026 Queen's Lecture at TU Berlin. In this interview, she discusses microrobots in the body, simple cancer tests, and how research can be tur...
tu.berlin
October 26, 2026 at 12:59 PM
🤓💡 If you already want to dive into Molly Steven's research, check out our interview with her. 👇
Microrobots are a compelling technology for biomedical applications from delivering drugs to taking precise diagnostics. #Scilight
Learn more 👇
https://aippub.org/4z6fbMz
Learn more 👇
https://aippub.org/4z6fbMz
Reversing our understanding of propellers in non-Newtonian fluids
Shear thinning fluid environments prompt propellers to drift backward near container walls.
pubs.aip.org
October 22, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Microrobots are a compelling technology for biomedical applications from delivering drugs to taking precise diagnostics. #Scilight
Learn more 👇
https://aippub.org/4z6fbMz
Learn more 👇
https://aippub.org/4z6fbMz
Tiny robots delivering antibiotics inside the heart? That sounds like science fiction, but Johns Hopkins researchers are testing magnetically guided microrobots designed to target infections. Still experimental - not a treatment for patients yet. A remarkable glimpse of what medicine could become.
October 20, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Tiny robots delivering antibiotics inside the heart? That sounds like science fiction, but Johns Hopkins researchers are testing magnetically guided microrobots designed to target infections. Still experimental - not a treatment for patients yet. A remarkable glimpse of what medicine could become.
Conversion of CAR-NK cells into magnetic biohybrid microrobots (CAR-NK microrobots) that achieve controllable long-distance targeted navigation at therapeutic doses in both murine and nonhuman primate animal models in vivo
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 17, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Conversion of CAR-NK cells into magnetic biohybrid microrobots (CAR-NK microrobots) that achieve controllable long-distance targeted navigation at therapeutic doses in both murine and nonhuman primate animal models in vivo
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Une équipe de l'Université technique d'Ostrava a mis au point des microrobots sans moteur ni batterie, mis en mouvement par un champ magnétique extérieur, qui capturent les microplastiques dans l'eau comme dans la terre.
➡️ https://l.lesnumeriques.com/sVO
➡️ https://l.lesnumeriques.com/sVO
October 17, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Une équipe de l'Université technique d'Ostrava a mis au point des microrobots sans moteur ni batterie, mis en mouvement par un champ magnétique extérieur, qui capturent les microplastiques dans l'eau comme dans la terre.
➡️ https://l.lesnumeriques.com/sVO
➡️ https://l.lesnumeriques.com/sVO
Therapeutic-scale CAR-NK microrobots with programmable swarm navigation for targeted solid tumor therapy
Science Advances
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Science Advances
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Therapeutic-scale CAR-NK microrobots with programmable swarm navigation for targeted solid tumor therapy
An urgent requirement in chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) immune cell therapy [e.g., CAR–natural killer (NK) cells] for solid tumors is to engineer the cells for precise tumor targeting. Meanwhile, medical microrobots can be navigated toward specific ...
www.science.org
October 17, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Therapeutic-scale CAR-NK microrobots with programmable swarm navigation for targeted solid tumor therapy
Science Advances
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Science Advances
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Un robot chinois transforme le sol en batterie pour alimenter des microrobots autonomes ! 🤖
October 16, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Un robot chinois transforme le sol en batterie pour alimenter des microrobots autonomes ! 🤖
A living microrobot for bladder cancer.
Bacteria + nanoparticles + drug + targeting ligand: it degrades the tumor matrix, boosts drug penetration, and ultrasound triggers ROS.
90.8% cell death in vitro. 82.4% tumor inhibition in mice.
🔗 www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
#Microrobots #Nanomedicine
Bacteria + nanoparticles + drug + targeting ligand: it degrades the tumor matrix, boosts drug penetration, and ultrasound triggers ROS.
90.8% cell death in vitro. 82.4% tumor inhibition in mice.
🔗 www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
#Microrobots #Nanomedicine
October 16, 2026 at 7:15 AM
A living microrobot for bladder cancer.
Bacteria + nanoparticles + drug + targeting ligand: it degrades the tumor matrix, boosts drug penetration, and ultrasound triggers ROS.
90.8% cell death in vitro. 82.4% tumor inhibition in mice.
🔗 www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
#Microrobots #Nanomedicine
Bacteria + nanoparticles + drug + targeting ligand: it degrades the tumor matrix, boosts drug penetration, and ultrasound triggers ROS.
90.8% cell death in vitro. 82.4% tumor inhibition in mice.
🔗 www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
#Microrobots #Nanomedicine
Des chercheurs chinois ont créé un microrobot qui tire son énergie du sol grâce à une membrane sous ses pieds ⚡
Il a parcouru 10 000 pas sans batterie, en s'alimentant sur des surfaces en zinc ou aluminium.
#Robotique #Innovation #Technologie
futura-sciences.com
Il a parcouru 10 000 pas sans batterie, en s'alimentant sur des surfaces en zinc ou aluminium.
#Robotique #Innovation #Technologie
futura-sciences.com
Ce robot transforme le sol en batterie : l'invention chinoise qui pourrait changer l'avenir de la robotique
Les microrobots peuvent se glisser là où les machines classiques ne passent pas, mais leur autonomie reste un frein majeur à leur utilisation. Des chercheurs chinois ont trouvé une manière pour le ...
www.futura-sciences.com
October 17, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Des chercheurs chinois ont créé un microrobot qui tire son énergie du sol grâce à une membrane sous ses pieds ⚡
Il a parcouru 10 000 pas sans batterie, en s'alimentant sur des surfaces en zinc ou aluminium.
#Robotique #Innovation #Technologie
futura-sciences.com
Il a parcouru 10 000 pas sans batterie, en s'alimentant sur des surfaces en zinc ou aluminium.
#Robotique #Innovation #Technologie
futura-sciences.com
Complex fluid behaviors can reverse the motion of tiny propellers near surfaces, opening new possibilities for steering microrobots and understanding bacterial swimming in biological fluids.
Learn more 👇
https://aippub.org/4B3MXn5
Learn more 👇
https://aippub.org/4B3MXn5
October 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Complex fluid behaviors can reverse the motion of tiny propellers near surfaces, opening new possibilities for steering microrobots and understanding bacterial swimming in biological fluids.
Learn more 👇
https://aippub.org/4B3MXn5
Learn more 👇
https://aippub.org/4B3MXn5
🤖⚡ Tiny robots can now harvest electricity through their feet!
A paper-thin membrane turns metal floors into a power source. Still experimental, but promising.
Read more 👇
medium.com/@casi.borg/b...
#Robotics #Microrobots #AI #Tech #Innovation
A paper-thin membrane turns metal floors into a power source. Still experimental, but promising.
Read more 👇
medium.com/@casi.borg/b...
#Robotics #Microrobots #AI #Tech #Innovation
Battery-Free Robots Can Now Harvest Power Through Their Feet
What if tiny robots could keep moving without carrying heavy batteries? Scientists in China have developed a special robotic skin that…
medium.com
October 12, 2026 at 8:06 AM
🤖⚡ Tiny robots can now harvest electricity through their feet!
A paper-thin membrane turns metal floors into a power source. Still experimental, but promising.
Read more 👇
medium.com/@casi.borg/b...
#Robotics #Microrobots #AI #Tech #Innovation
A paper-thin membrane turns metal floors into a power source. Still experimental, but promising.
Read more 👇
medium.com/@casi.borg/b...
#Robotics #Microrobots #AI #Tech #Innovation
I HIGHLY recommend reading what they’re actually doing, not what the CEO says. They potentially have a massive breakthrough in micro-machine manufacturing but extrapolating that to something as large and complex as a car is fanciful at best www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/s...
The Start-Up That Wants to Build ‘Microrobots’ With A.I. (Gift Article)
Atomic Machines is training artificial intelligence on materials and designs — and then using it to build tiny physical devices.
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I HIGHLY recommend reading what they’re actually doing, not what the CEO says. They potentially have a massive breakthrough in micro-machine manufacturing but extrapolating that to something as large and complex as a car is fanciful at best www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/s...
one of the most short term promising areas of research is using MRI machines to power/steer microrobots for extremely targeted drug delivery (usually to kill cancer cells). Promising bc every hospital already has mri machines, existing infrastructure can be used
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
MRI-Guided Magnetic Micro/Nanorobots for Precision Neurotherapeutics: From Intelligent Navigation and BBB Penetration to Clinical Translation
The rapid advancements in nanotechnology and medical imaging have positioned magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided magnetic micro/nanorobots (MNRs) as a promising platform for integrated diagnosis a...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
October 10, 2026 at 8:06 PM
one of the most short term promising areas of research is using MRI machines to power/steer microrobots for extremely targeted drug delivery (usually to kill cancer cells). Promising bc every hospital already has mri machines, existing infrastructure can be used
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The Start-Up That Wants to Build ‘Microrobots’ With A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/s...
The Start-Up That Wants to Build ‘Microrobots’ With A.I.
Atomic Machines is training artificial intelligence on materials and designs — and then using it to build tiny physical devices.
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2026 at 4:14 PM
The Start-Up That Wants to Build ‘Microrobots’ With A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/s...
The Start-Up That Wants to Build ‘Microrobots’ With A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/s... 😳
The Start-Up That Wants to Build ‘Microrobots’ With A.I.
Atomic Machines is training artificial intelligence on materials and designs — and then using it to build tiny physical devices.
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2026 at 1:54 PM
The Start-Up That Wants to Build ‘Microrobots’ With A.I. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/s... 😳
Explore this gift article from The New York Times.
You can read it for free without a subscription.
You can read it for free without a subscription.
The Start-Up That Wants to Build ‘Microrobots’ With A.I. (Gift Article)
Atomic Machines is training artificial intelligence on materials and designs — and then using it to build tiny physical devices.
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times.
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Researchers have developed a paper-thin foot membrane that lets crawling microrobots harvest electricity directly from the ground beneath them, ditch…
Tiny robot harvests battery power via skin on its feet
Researchers have developed a paper-thin foot membrane that lets crawling microrobots harvest electricity directly from the ground beneath them, ditching heavy onboard batteries by turning metal and silicon...
newatlas.com
October 8, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Researchers have developed a paper-thin foot membrane that lets crawling microrobots harvest electricity directly from the ground beneath them, ditch…
