Topic: Micro-Nano Robotics: Mechanisms, Dynamics, Sensing, Control, and Integrated Applications

Micro-nano robotics has emerged as a forefront field of research, enabling high-precision manipulation, targeted delivery, biomedical interventions, and advanced manufacturing at microscopic and nanoscopic scales. With rapid progress in sensing technologies, intelligent control, and multi-robot collaboration, micro-nano robotic systems are increasingly poised to revolutionize scientific research and industrial applications.

This Special Issue aims to gather the latest advances in the fundamental mechanisms, robotic structures, sensing and control technologies, and integrated applications of micro-nano robotics. It encompasses breakthroughs across interdisciplinary areas, including mechanical design, advanced materials, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and three-dimensional (3D) micro/nano fabrication, artificial intelligence (AI)-driven control, and multi-scale system integration. By integrating these diverse perspectives, the issue provides a platform bridging fundamental scientific insights and real-world applications.

Scope & Topics
1. Fundamentals: Micro/Nanoscale Motion and Manipulation Mechanisms
    ● Kinematics, fluid mechanics, interface and friction mechanismsat micro- and nanoscale；
    ● External-field-driven mechanisms (magnetic, electric, optical, acoustic, and chemical gradients);
    ● Bioinspired locomotion (flagella-inspired, bacteria-inspired, microorganism-inspired motion);
    ● Mechanical modeling, simulation, and controllability analysis in micro-nano manipulation;
2. Micro-Nano Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics
    ● Structural design of micro-nano robots, including flexible and deformable mechanisms;
    ● Micro-nano robotic swarm systems, cooperative mechanisms, and collective dynamics;
    ● Novel micro-nano actuators (magnetic, optical, chemical, etc.);
    ● Fabrication technologies for micro-nano robots: MEMS, micro/nano 3D printing, soft-material processing;
3. Micro-Nano Sensing and Control
    ● Micro-nano-scale sensors and advanced perception technologies (optical, acoustic, electrochemical);
    ● Ultra-low-power sensing and feedback mechanisms;
    ● Machine-learning/deep-learning-based recognition and localization at micro-nano scales;
    ● Real-time, autonomous, and closed-loop control of micro-nano robots;
    ● Perceptual fusion and multi-scale control in micro-macro integrated systems;
4. Integrated Applications of Micro-Nano Robotics
    ● Precision manufacturing:micro/nano machining, surface processing, material synthesis;
    ● Biomedical applications:targeted drug delivery, minimally invasive interventions, cell manipulation and tissue engineering;
    ● Environmental and chemical engineering:pollution detection, microreactors, chemical sensing;
    ● Next-generation system integration and intelligence:Deep integration of micro-nano robotics with AI, Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G/6Gnetworks; Multi-robot, multi-scale collaborative systems (micro-macro swarm robotics);

Micro-Nano Robotics, Micro-Nano Manipulation, Sensing and Perception, Dynamics and Control, Integrated Applications, Swarm Robotics