Recent Study and Progress in Micro/Nanorobots
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "A：Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 61
Special Issue Editors
Interests: micro/nanorobotics; intelligent mechatronics; precision instrumentation; medical devices; automation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
During Dr. Richard Feynman’s famous talk introducing the concept of nanotechnology over 60 years ago, several fascinating ideas were introduced, such as “swallowing the surgeon” during internal medical treatments and “a hundred tiny hands”, working in parallel at the nanoscale. Since then, researchers have pushed the boundary of nanotechnology and utilized scaling effects to develop micro/nanorobots with novel sensing and actuation principles. With limited resources and constrained space, physical intelligence plays an important role alongside computational intelligence. As miniaturization continues to revolutionize robotics, breakthroughs in the actuation, control, fabrication, and application of micro/nanoscale robots are shaping the future of medicine, manufacturing, and environmental monitoring.
This Special Issue welcomes original work manuscripts and review articles focusing on the technology enabling micro/nanorobots and their practical applications. Being able to manipulate and characterize matter at a miniaturized scale opens great possibilities for making scientific discoveries and creating practically useful devices. From a fundamental understanding of nanoscale processes and the development of nanofabrication equipment, efforts in the design and realization of next-generation micro/nanorobots are highly valued. Investigations of practical applications of micro/nanorobots benefitting society are also strongly encouraged.
Dr. Fangzhou Xia
Prof. Dr. Riko Šafarič
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- miniaturized robot design and fabrication
- precision instruments for nanotechnology
- novel transducers for sensing/actuation
- MEMS devices in micro/nanorobotics
- smart material and physical intelligence
- control and estimation at the micro/nanoscale
- data-driven motion control on the nanoscale
- nanoscale fabrication and characterization
- swarm and collective behavior
- nano/microrobots for biomedical applications
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