The microrobots propelled by an acoustic field and steered by a magnetic field. (IMAGE)

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The microrobots propelled by an acoustic field and steered by a magnetic field.

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(A) Illustration of the soft microswimmer with a single microbubble. (B) Illustration of CeFlowBots with bubble arrays. (C) Illustration of the microbubble-aided microrobots. (D) Illustration of the Janus micromotors. (E) The starfish-inspired microrobot with an asymmetric cilia array.

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Xiaoming Liu, Beijing Institute of Technology.

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