Micromachine Intelligence (μ-AI)
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "E：Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 May 2022) | Viewed by 619
Special Issue Editors
Interests: intelligent micromachines; micromachine intelligence; micro/nanorobotics; advanced materials for micromachines; micro/nanofabrication; MEMS; 3D/4D microprinting; bioinspired and biohybrid micromachines; lab-on-a-chip; flexible microelectronics; nanomagnetic encoding; bioengineering; targeted delivery; microsensors or microactuators; biomedical microdevices; intelligent continuum micromachines; shape-morphing or reconfigurable micromachines; encodable micromachines, self-assembled micromachines
Interests: micro- and nanorobotic systems; 3D bio-manipulation and characterization; micro- and nanofabrication; micro- and nanoscale swimmer fabrication, actuation, motion control, swarm regulation and in vivo navigation; noncontact micro- and nanomanipulation; bio-sensing; drug delivery; multi-scale, innovative fabrication/actuation/control; bioinspired small/soft robots; soft sensing and manipulation; nanomechanics & adhesion; nanoscale surface potential & solid-liquid interface charge density mapping; multidimensional CD-metrology; multiparametric imaging
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that our Special Issue for MDPI Micromachines, focused on Micromachine Intelligence (μ-AI), is now open for submissions.
Machine intelligence, also called artificial intelligence (AI), is becoming a hot and significant topic in many engineering fields. Micromachine intelligence is artificial intelligence demonstrated by micromachines that can accomplish specific tasks autonomously and adapt to dynamic microenvironments. To face complexity, uncertainty, and variability from interactions with itself, micromachine peers, humans, and the environment, an intelligent micromachine requires the capabilities to not only take actions by mechanisms but also to perceive, process, and respond to information by sensors, actuators, and controllers with feedback loops and AI algorithms. However, at small scales, how to create intelligence for machines is not trivial, because the size of micromachines that are normally smaller than 1 mm probably go beyond the minimal size where machine intelligence can be realized by integrating programmable microchips. Considering the current researches in the field towards intelligentization of micromachines, such as shape-morphing micromachines, encodable micromachines, integrated micromachines, swarm micromachines, etc., I highly recommend opening a Special Issue on Micromachine Intelligence (μ-AI), to promote the development of micromachines towards the μ-AI.
This Special Issue will report advances in the development of intelligent micromachines, focusing on the cutting-edge techniques and innovative methods on how to create intelligence for machines at small scales. The scope includes, but is not restricted to, micromachine intelligence (μ-AI), intelligent micromachines, smart micro/nanorobots, swarm microrobots, 4D microprinting, smart microsensors and microactuators, reconfigurable micromachines, bioinspired and biohybrid micromachines, encodable micromachines, self-assembling micromachines, integrated micromachines, human-micromachine interface (μ-HMI), etc.
We look forward to receiving your submissions!
Dr. Tianyun Huang
Prof. Dr. Hui Xie
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- micromachine intelligence (μ-AI)
- microswarm intelligence (μ-SI)
- intelligent micromachines (μ-IM)
- smart micro/nanorobots (μ-SR)
- 4D or multi-material microprinting (μ-4D)
- smart microsensors and microactuators (μ-SS or SA)
- reconfigurable micromachines (μ-RM)
- encodable micromachines (μ-EM)
- microelectronics-integrated micromachines (μ-EIM)
- human-micromachine interface (μ-HMI)
