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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 13.
Published in final edited form as: Proc IEEE Inst Electr Electron Eng. 2015 Mar 24;103(2):205–224. doi: 10.1109/JPROC.2014.2385105

Table 2.

Single Cell Manipulation Studies Conducted by Untethered Microrobots

Reference Microrobot Agent Target Cell Application
Steager et al. [121] Magnetic microstructure Mouse embryo
Trypsinized neuron
Cell transportation
Microgel transportation
Hu et al. [122] Bubble driven hydrogel disk Mouse fibroblast Cell transportation
Kwon et al. [123] Magnetic microstructure attached with oscillating bubble Fish egg Cell transportation
Ye and Sitti [124] Rotating magnetic bead S. marcescens bacterium Cell transportation
Schurle et al. [125] Magnetic bead Macrophage Test engulfing
Hagiwara et al. [126], Feng et al. [127] Magnetically driven microtool Bovine oocyte Cell transportation
Cell cutting
Kawahara et al. [128] Magnetically driven microtool P. Laevis Physical stimulation
Zhang et al. [129] Ni nanowire Epidermal cell
Blood cell
Microorganism with flagella
Cell transportation
Cargo delivery
Petit et al. [130] Self-assembled superparamagnetic microsphere doublet E. coli bacterium Cell transportation