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ReviewFrontiers in robotics and AI2025

Nano bio-robots: a new frontier in targeted therapeutic delivery.

Mariya Anto, Koena Mukherjee, Koel Mukherjee

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Review in Frontiers in robotics and AI, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mariya AntoDepartment of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi Jharkhand, Ranchi, India.
Koena MukherjeeDepartment of EIE, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam, India.
Koel MukherjeeDepartment of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi Jharkhand, Ranchi, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In macro world, the robots are programmed machines, engineered to perform repetitive and often specialized tasks. Scaling down the size of a robot by a billionth of a meter gives a nano robot. The primary driving force behind the advent of micro and nano robots have always been the domain of medical technology and these robots are popularly known as nano bio-robots. The current review shines a light on these bio-robots in all their facets, encompassing both top-down and bottom-up fabrication approaches to their associated challenges followed by ethical approvals. The study describes in detail the synthesis techniques of nano bio-robot along with required actuation mechanism of the bio-robots. Further, in this paper, how a nano biorobotic drug-delivery system (NDDS) can deliver the drugs in a controlled way to the targeted site of the host in contrast to conventional drug administration is discussed. The paper also reviews and summarizes the administration pathways of these bio-robots in the human body and their efficacy in reducing various disorders. Overall, it can be said that the integration of nano robots with bio-concept presents distinct advantages and possesses significant promises for many applications.

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actuationbio-robotsdrug releasetargeted drug deliverytherapy

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PMID41280718
PMCPMC12631375

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