Microrobots Automate Drug Delivery at the Cellular Level

University of Michigan researchers have developed magnetic microrobots that can crawl, swing, and steer through the body to deliver drugs with precision. Built via fast, scalable automation, these bots dissolve to release medicine and can be guided back for retrieval—bringing robotics and automation deep into biomedical territory.

“With this work, we’re moving closer towards very advanced therapeutic delivery. Our advanced fabrication techniques enable the creation of soft robotic systems with remarkable features and motion capabilities,” said Molly Stevens  , the John Black Professor of Bionanoscience at the University of Oxford Institute of Biomedical Engineering and co-senior author of the study.