Particle robotics based on statistical mechanics of loosely coupled components

Reconfigurable Swarms of Ferromagnetic Colloids for Enhanced Local Hyperthermia

(2018) Ben Wang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Small-scale soft-bodied robot with multimodal locomotion

(2018) Wenqi Hu et al.   NATURE

Physical models of collective cell motility: from cell to tissue

(2017) B A Camley et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS

Soft Modular Robotic Cubes: Toward Replicating Morphogenetic Movements of the Embryo

(2017) Andrea Vergara et al.   PLoS One

An integrated design and fabrication strategy for entirely soft, autonomous robots

(2016) Michael Wehner et al.   NATURE

Limits to the precision of gradient sensing with spatial communication and temporal integration

(2016) Andrew Mugler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cell–cell communication enhances the capacity of cell ensembles to sense shallow gradients during morphogenesis

(2016) David Ellison et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Enhancing adaptability of amoeboid robot by synergetically coupling two decentralized controllers inspired by true slime mold

(2015) Takuya Umedachi et al.   ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR

Occlusion-Based Cooperative Transport with a Swarm of Miniature Mobile Robots

(2015) Jianing Chen et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Collective cell migration: guidance principles and hierarchies

(2015) Anna Haeger et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Collective motion of cells: from experiments to models

(2014) Előd Méhes et al.   Integrative Biology

Programmable self-assembly in a thousand-robot swarm

(2014) M. Rubenstein et al.   SCIENCE

A method for building self-folding machines

(2014) S. Felton et al.   SCIENCE

Kilobot: A low cost robot with scalable operations designed for collective behaviors

(2013) Michael Rubenstein et al.   ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

Targeted cargo delivery using a rotating nickel nanowire

(2012) Li Zhang et al.   Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine

Collective cell guidance by cooperative intercellular forces

(2011) Dhananjay T. Tambe et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

From Fireflies to Fault-Tolerant Swarms of Robots

(2009) A.L. Christensen et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION

Regenerative patterning in Swarm Robots: mutual benefits of research in robotics and stem cell biology

(2009) Michael Rubenstein et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Collective cell migration in development

(2009) C. J. Weijer   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Voyage of the microrobots

(2009) Metin Sitti   NATURE

Collective cell migration in morphogenesis, regeneration and cancer

(2009) Peter Friedl et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY