Enhanced Flexible Mold Lifetime for Roll‐to‐Roll Scaled‐Up Manufacturing of Adhesive Complex Microstructures
Bioinspired Microstructured Adhesives with Facile and Fast Switchability for Part Manipulation in Dry and Wet Conditions
Smart Materials for manipulation and actuation of small-scale structures
3D nanofabrication of various materials for advanced multifunctional microrobots
Liquid Crystal Mesophase of Supercooled Liquid Gallium And Eutectic Gallium–Indium
Machine Learning-Based Pull-off and Shear Optimal Adhesive Microstructures
Information entropy to detect order in self-organizing systems
Individual and collective manipulation of multifunctional bimodal droplets in three dimensions
Microrobot collectives with reconfigurable morphologies and functions
Self-organization in heterogeneous and non-reciprocal regime
Biomimetic Emulsion Systems
Giant Unilamellar Vesicles for Designing Cell-like Microrobots
Bioinspired self-assembled colloidal collectives drifting in three dimensions underwater
Mobile Millirobotics (cont.)
In addition to these focus areas, we are now addressing key challenges in the clinical translation of wireless soft robotic medical devices. This includes investigating biocompatibility from biological and technical perspectives, exploring navigation methods for overcoming biological barriers, and developing dexterous medical functions at small scales.
Wireless soft robotics represents a paradigm shift in medical technology, offering unprecedented capabilities for minimally invasive interventions and precise therapeutic approaches. These adaptive robotic systems will revolutionize medical practice by enabling microrobotic navigation through complex biological environments, with the ability to dynamically change shape, traverse narrow passages, and provide real-time physiological feedback. From surgical procedures to diagnostic exploration, these technologies promise to dramatically reduce mechanical trauma and enhance precision in medical treatments.
The most transformative applications will likely emerge in targeted drug delivery, regenerative medicine, and neurological interventions. Imagine microrobots capable of delivering medications directly to specific cellular environments, supporting tissue regeneration by providing dynamic mechanical cues, or creating adaptive neural prosthetics with sophisticated sensory feedback. These robots will not merely be tools but intelligent systems that can autonomously navigate and interact with biological systems, responding to physiological changes in real-time. The most promising advances will emerge from approaches that deeply understand biological complexity, creating technologies that don't just intervene in biological systems but seamlessly integrate with them.
Lastly, we consider the broader implications of our research, including medicolegal and ethical questions that must be addressed to enable the clinical translation of these devices. Our holistic approach aims to integrate physics, materials science, robotics, and biology knowledge to create functional components that can operate safely inside the human body.