Magnetically actuated microrobots as a platform for stem cell transplantation

Sungwoong Jeon; Sangwon Kim; Shinwon Ha; Seungmin Lee; Eunhee Kim; So Yeun Kim; Sun Hwa Park; Jung Ho Jeon; Sung Won Kim; Cheil Moon; Bradley J. Nelson; Jin-young Kim; Seong-Woon Yu; Hongsoo Choi

doi:10.1126/scirobotics.aav4317

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Magnetically actuated microrobots as a platform for stem cell transplantation

Sungwoong Jeon¹,²,*,
Sangwon Kim³,*,
Shinwon Ha⁴,
Seungmin Lee¹,²,
Eunhee Kim¹,²,
So Yeun Kim⁴,
Sun Hwa Park⁵,
Jung Ho Jeon⁵,
Sung Won Kim⁵,⁶,
Cheil Moon⁴,
Bradley J. Nelson¹,²,³,
Jin-young Kim¹,²,†,‡,
Seong-Woon Yu⁴,†,‡ and
Hongsoo Choi ¹,²,†,‡

¹Department of Robotics Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, South Korea.
²DGIST-ETH Microrobotics Research Center, DGIST, Daegu 42988, South Korea.
³Institute of Robotic and Intelligent System (IRIS), ETH, Zurich 8092, Switzerland.
⁴Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, DGIST, Daegu 42988, South Korea.
⁵Postech-Catholic Biomedical Engineering Institute, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea.
⁶Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, South Korea.

↵‡Corresponding author. Email: mems{at}dgist.ac.kr (H.C.); yusw{at}dgist.ac.kr (S.-W.Y.); jy.kim{at}dgist.ac.kr (J.-y.K.)

↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.
↵† These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Science Robotics 29 May 2019:
Vol. 4, Issue 30, eaav4317
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aav4317

Sungwoong Jeon

1Department of Robotics Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, South Korea.

2DGIST-ETH Microrobotics Research Center, DGIST, Daegu 42988, South Korea.

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Sangwon Kim

3Institute of Robotic and Intelligent System (IRIS), ETH, Zurich 8092, Switzerland.

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Shinwon Ha

4Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, DGIST, Daegu 42988, South Korea.

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Seungmin Lee

1Department of Robotics Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, South Korea.

2DGIST-ETH Microrobotics Research Center, DGIST, Daegu 42988, South Korea.

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Eunhee Kim

1Department of Robotics Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, South Korea.

2DGIST-ETH Microrobotics Research Center, DGIST, Daegu 42988, South Korea.

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So Yeun Kim

4Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, DGIST, Daegu 42988, South Korea.

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Sun Hwa Park

5Postech-Catholic Biomedical Engineering Institute, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea.

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Jung Ho Jeon

5Postech-Catholic Biomedical Engineering Institute, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea.

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Sung Won Kim

5Postech-Catholic Biomedical Engineering Institute, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea.

6Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, South Korea.

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Cheil Moon

4Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, DGIST, Daegu 42988, South Korea.

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Bradley J. Nelson

1Department of Robotics Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, South Korea.

2DGIST-ETH Microrobotics Research Center, DGIST, Daegu 42988, South Korea.

3Institute of Robotic and Intelligent System (IRIS), ETH, Zurich 8092, Switzerland.

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Jin-young Kim

1Department of Robotics Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, South Korea.

2DGIST-ETH Microrobotics Research Center, DGIST, Daegu 42988, South Korea.

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For correspondence: mems@dgist.ac.kr yusw@dgist.ac.kr jy.kim@dgist.ac.kr

Seong-Woon Yu

4Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, DGIST, Daegu 42988, South Korea.

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For correspondence: mems@dgist.ac.kr yusw@dgist.ac.kr jy.kim@dgist.ac.kr

Hongsoo Choi

1Department of Robotics Engineering, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (DGIST), Daegu 42988, South Korea.

2DGIST-ETH Microrobotics Research Center, DGIST, Daegu 42988, South Korea.

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For correspondence: mems@dgist.ac.kr yusw@dgist.ac.kr jy.kim@dgist.ac.kr

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