
Recent Progress in Medical Miniature Robots
from Bench to Bedside
- 1st Edition - October 25, 2024
- Latest edition
- Editors: Li Zhang, Philip Wai Yan Chiu, Kai Fung Chan
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 3 8 5 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 3 8 6 - 2
Recent Progress in Medical Miniature Robots: From Bench to Bedside serves as aspecialized and dedicated reference on miniature robots and their related biomedicalapp… Read more

Recent Progress in Medical Miniature Robots: From Bench to Bedside serves as a
specialized and dedicated reference on miniature robots and their related biomedical
applications. This book presents the latest achievements in the research of miniature
robotics and introduces a variety of miniature robots on the milli-/micro-/nano-scale, with
tethered/untethered and individual/swarm designs, describing the various types and
analyzing the underlying principles per class. Recent Progress in Medical Miniature Robots:
From Bench to Bedside is suitable for clinicians, academicians, healthcare professionals,
researchers, students, engineers, and scientists working in the field of medical miniature
robots and related biomedical applications.
- Provides authoritative coverage of the fundamental research and medical applications
of miniature robotics, from mm-scale to nm-scale and with tethered/untethered and
individual/swarm designs - Focuses on the state-of-the-art research and up-to-date results of medical miniature robots
- Describes the key medical applications of miniature robots, and provides insights
into the ongoing research, and speculates on the future directions of medical
miniature robots
1. Flow-assisted and flow-driven endovascular medical instruments
2. Magnetically controlled continuum miniature robot
3. Magnetic guidewire/catheter for endovascular treatment
4. A new drive system for microagent controls in targeted therapy based on rotating gradient magnetic fields
5. Innovation in microrobotics for the treatment of Asherman’s syndrome: A perspective study
6. Design and fabrication of a magnetic actuation miniature soft robot for biological sampling
7. Functionalization of microrobots for biomedical applications
8. Clinical imaging of miniature robots in relevant biological scenarios
9. Magnetic microrobots from individual to collective steering
10. Sperm-micromotors for assisted reproduction and drug delivery
11. Untethered microrobots for minimally invasive removal of blood clots
12. Micro-/nanorobots for combating biofilm infections
13. Magnetic actuation of flexible and soft robotic systems for medical applications
14. In vitro diagnostics via micro/nanorobotic platform
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: October 25, 2024
- Language: English
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Li Zhang
Li Zhang is a professor at the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering and a professor by courtesy at the Department of Surgery at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He is a director at the SIAT—CUHK Joint Laboratory of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, and a group leader in the Multi-scale Medical Robotics Center (MRC), InnoHK, at the Hong Kong Science Park. Dr. Zhang’s research interests include small-scale robotics and biomedical applications. He is elected as FIEEE, FRSC, FAAIA, FHKIE, a member of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences, and an Outstanding Fellow of the Faculty of Engineering at CUHK.
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Philip Wai Yan Chiu
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