Artificial Intelligence Meets Micro/Nanorobotics
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Authors
- Cherukutty Ramakrishnan Minitha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3886-8062)
- Martin Pumera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5846-2951)
- Michal Otyepka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1066-5677)
- Hamed Shahsavan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1498-5114)
- Fatma M. Yurtsever (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9467-2796)
- Ivan Zelinka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3858-7340)
- Ian Kuula Ross
Institutions
- VSB - Technical University of Ostrava (CZ)
- Asia University (TW)
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- Yonsei University (KR)
- Central European Institute of Technology (AT)
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials (CZ)
- Palacký University Olomouc (CZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Materials
- Published
- 2026-08-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.74721
- Primary Topic
- Micro and Nano Robotics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Commission
- Grantová Agentura České Republiky
- European Regional Development Fund
- European Social Fund