Technology Roadmap of Micro/Nanorobots

We are proud to spotlight a major collaborative review published in ACS Nano:

“Technology Roadmap of Micro/Nanorobots” (E-pub June 27, 2025)

Access the full article here: https://zenodo.org/records/16264187

Xiaohui Ju, Chuanrui Chen, Cagatay M. Oral, Semih Sevim, Ramin Golestanian, Mengmeng Sun, Negin Bouzari, Xiankun Lin, Mario Urso, Jong Seok Nam, Yujang Cho, Xia Peng, Fabian C. Landers, Shihao Yang, Azin Adibi, Nahid Taz, Raphael Wittkowski, Daniel Ahmed, Wei Wang, Veronika Magdanz, Mariana Medina‑Sánchez, Maria Guix, Naimat Bari, Bahareh Behkam, Raymond Kapral, Yaxin Huang, Jinyao Tang, Ben Wang, Konstantin Morozov, Alexander Leshansky, Sarmad A. Abbasi, Hongsoo Choi, Subhadip Ghosh, Bárbara Borges Fernandes, Giuseppe Battaglia, Peer Fischer, Ambarish Ghosh, Beatriz Jurado Sánchez, Alberto Escarpa, Quentin Martinet, Jérémie Palacci, Eric Lauga, Jeffrey Moran, Miguel A. Ramos‑Docampo, Brigitte Städler, Ramón S. Herrera Restrepo, Gilad Yossifon, James D. Nicholas, Jordi Ignés‑Mullol, Josep Puigmartí‑Luis, Yutong Liu, Lauren D. Zarzar, C. Wyatt Shields, Longqiu Li, Shanshan Li, Xing Ma, David H. Gracias, Orlin Velev, Samuel Sánchez, Maria Jose Esplandiu, Juliane Simmchen, Antonio Lobosco, Sarthak Misra, Zhiguang Wu, Jinxing Li, Alexander Kuhn, Amir Nourhani, Tijana Maric, Ze Xiong, Amirreza Aghakhani, Yongfeng Mei, Yingfeng Tu, Fei Peng, Eric Diller, Mahmut S. Sakar, Ayusman Sen, Junhui Law, Yu Sun, Abdon Pena‑Francesch, Katherine Villa, Huaizhi Li, Donglei E. Fan, Kang Liang, Tony J. Huang, Xiang‑Zhong Chen, Songsong Tang, Xueji Zhang, Jizhai Cui, Hong Wang, Wei Gao, Vineeth Kumar Bandari, Oliver G. Schmidt, Xianghua Wu, Jianguo Guan, Metin Sitti, Bradley J. Nelson, Salvador Pané, Joseph Puigmartí‑Luis, among 200+ multidisciplinary contributors.

Overview:

This comprehensive roadmap addresses the trajectory of micro/nanorobot research from foundational science to practical implementation. It evaluates propulsion methods, collective intelligence, smart materials, and scale-up challenges including manufacturing, regulatory hurdles, ethics, and market adoption. Importantly, it offers clear guidance for future research—mirroring EVA’s objective to bridge science and application in micro/nanorobotics. 

We congratulate the entire author team and look forward to leveraging these insights within the EVA project’s roadmap toward next-gen magnetic nanoparticle-driven therapies.