Micro/Nano Robotics and Automation

Scope

Robotics and automation at small spatial scales has received increased interest as artificial devices and systems at the nano and micro-scales can achieve revolutionary advancements in such applications as biology, medicine, industry, micro and nanotechnologies and the environment.

Activities

Upcoming Activities

Supported Workshop

ICRA 2025

Towards Agility and Robustness: Mechanical Intelligence in Robotics, Biology, and Smart Materials

Tuesday, May 23rd 2025 at 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM local time – Meeting Room 402

Workshop website

Online webinar

TBD

Recent Activities of the Technical Committee

IROS 2024 - Healthcare and Medical Robotics Workshop

IROS 2024 – Healthcare and Medical Robotics Workshop: Advanced Robotics and Visualization for micrO Surgery. (ARVOS-IROS 2024)

Date & Time: 14th October, 08:30-12:30

About: Medical Robots and Systems; Surgical Robotics: Planning; Computer Vision for Medical Robotics

Venue: Meeting Room 14

 

For more information, please visit our website : https://www.arvos.ws/

Online webinars

The Technical Committee on Micro/Nano Robotics and Automation organize online webinars held regularly:
From Bench to Bedside: Addressing Unmet Clinical Needs with RoboticsDr. Quentin Boehler
Biohybrid and bioinspired microrobots for localized medical interventionsProf. Veronika Magdanz
Electromagnetically controllable tethered and untethered micro/nanorobots for robotic Interventions and cell therapyProf. Hongsoo Choi
Pushing the limits of accuracy with tethered microrobotics: From assembling of hybrid nanophotonic circuits to characterizing of single plant fibersProf. Cédric Clévy
From MANiACs to Micro-Force Sensing Microrobots: Microrobots for Biomedical ApplicationsProf. David J. Cappelleri
Independent and cooperative control of multiple magnetic soft-film microrobotsProf. Tiantian Xu
Biomedical research in the era of microroboticsProf. Selman Sakar
Micro-Scale Surgery: Using Magnetic Fields to Control Tiny Robots in the Gut and BrainProf. Eric Diller

Workshops and Conferences

The Technical Committee on Micro/Nano Robotics and Automation takes part in organizing workshops and supporting (bi-)annually conferences in its area. These, among many others, include:

  • IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM)
  • IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
  • IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (NANO)
  • International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS)

More Information

For more information about current activities please visit the TC web site: http://www.rastc-mnra.uni-oldenburg.de/blog/.

 

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