Emerging Frontiers in Bio-Inspired Integrative Biomedical Engineering

A special issue of Biomimetics (ISSN 2313-7673). This special issue belongs to the section "Locomotion and Bioinspired Robotics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 5857

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Interests: nanorobot; hardware architecture; sensors; biomedical computing; brain–computer interface

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are witnessing an unprecedented era of innovation, where the synergy of robotics, nanotechnology, biomedicine, and artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing medical research and practice. The seamless integration of cloud computing, brain–computer interfaces, and machine learning algorithms is accelerating this paradigm shift.

Advancing Biomedical Engineering

In this dynamic landscape, biomedical computing through big data analytics and the development of micro- and nanodevices are poised to address pressing biomedical engineering challenges, including the following:

  • Brain aneurysms;
  • Diabetes;
  • Cancer;
  • Cardiology.

Biomimetics-inspired devices and approaches can enhance healthcare outcomes, enable precise drug delivery, and facilitate groundbreaking procedures such as the following:

  • Telomerase activation;
  • CRISPR scissors instrumentation;
  • Minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery.

Scope of this Special Issue

This Special Issue seeks to provide a comprehensive and visionary perspective on the intersection of cutting-edge devices, materials, and systems, biomedicine, and AI, with a focus on emerging frontiers in new integrative science.

Submission Topics

We welcome submissions on the following topics:

  1. Design and Development: Micro- and nanodevices for biomedical applications.
  2. AI and Machine Learning: The integration of AI, machine learning, and cloud computing for health monitoring and diagnostics.
  3. BrainComputer Interfaces: Neural prosthetics and system interfaces.
  4. Biocompatibility and Teleoperation: Propulsion and data transfer for implanted devices.
  5. Clinical Trials and Regulation: Frameworks for medical instrumentation and commercialization.
  6. Ethics and Society: Implications of augmented humans and healthcare.
  7. New Integrative Science: Approaches to biomedicine diagnosis and therapy.
  8. Biomaterials and Nanostructures: Surfaces for biomedical instrumentation.
  9. Human Enhancement: DNA enhancement and gene editing technologies.
  10. Nanobioelectronics and Biohybrids: Systems and applications.
  11. Haptic Technology and Immersive Reality: Brain–computer interfaces and biomedical training.

Benefits of Publishing

By publishing your work in this Special Issue, you can enjoy the following benefits:

  • Contribute to a comprehensive and visionary perspective on the future of medicine.
  • Showcase your research to a targeted audience of experts.
  • Enhance your visibility and reputation in the scientific community.
  • Open up opportunities for collaboration and networking.
  • Advance medical research and practice to improve human health and quality of life.

Share this Opportunity

We encourage you to share this invitation with your colleagues and peers who may be interested in submitting papers. Let us work together to advance the field of integrative medicine.

We look forward to receiving your submissions.

Dr. Adriano Cavalcanti
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • integrative medicine
  • robotics
  • nanotechnology
  • artificial intelligence (AI)
  • biomedical computing
  • big data analytics
  • micro- and nanodevices
  • biomimetics
  • brain–computer interfaces
  • neural prosthetics
  • cloud computing
  • clinical trials
  • ethics and regulatory frameworks
  • augmented humans
  • new integrative science
  • biomaterials
  • gene editing technologies
  • nanobioelectronics
  • biohybrid systems
  • immersive reality

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Octopus-Inspired Soft Robot for Slow Drug Release
by Dingwen Tong, Yiqun Zhao, Zhengnan Wu, Yutan Chen, Xinmiao Xu, Qinkai Chen, Xinjian Fan and Zhan Yang
Biomimetics 2024, 9(6), 340; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics9060340 - 4 Jun 2024
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Abstract
Octopus tentacles are equipped with numerous suckers, wherein the muscles contract and expel air, creating a pressure difference. Subsequently, when the muscular tension is released, objects can be securely adhered to. This mechanism has been widely employed in the development of adhesive systems. [...] Read more.
Octopus tentacles are equipped with numerous suckers, wherein the muscles contract and expel air, creating a pressure difference. Subsequently, when the muscular tension is released, objects can be securely adhered to. This mechanism has been widely employed in the development of adhesive systems. However, most existing octopus-inspired structures are passive and static, lacking dynamic and controllable adhesive switching capabilities and excellent locomotion performance. Here, we present an octopus-inspired soft robot (OISR). Attracted by the magnetic gradient field, the suction cup structure inside the OISR can generate a strong adsorption force, producing dynamically controllable adsorption and separation in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The experimental results show that the OISR has a variety of controllable locomotion behaviors, including quick scrolling and rolling motions, generating fast locomotion responses, rolling over gastric folds, and tumbling and swimming inside liquids. By carrying drugs that are absorbable by GI epithelial cells to target areas, the OISR enables continuous drug delivery at lesions or inflamed regions of the GI tract. This research may be a potential approach for achieving localized slow drug release within the GI tract. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Frontiers in Bio-Inspired Integrative Biomedical Engineering)
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