This book is focused on the attractive emerging field of micro-/nanorobot swarms (microswarms). It introduces fundamental understandings of various microswarms, including pattern generation, transformation, locomotion, and imaging. This book also demonstrates applications of micro-/nanorobot swarms in different fields, such as biomedical, environmental, and electrical applications. The detailed theoretical analysis and experimental demonstrations in this book provide readers ranging from students to researchers with a realistic picture of progress achieved in the field of micro-/nanorobot swarms.

Covers the latest research outcomes about micro-/nanorobot swarms Explains the fundamental mechanism of swarming microrobots Demonstrates the potential of microswarms for practical applications

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Shu Tang Liu, Ph.D., second grade professor of Shandong University, doctoral supervisor. He received the Ph. D. degree from South China University of Technology in 2002(jointing training by City University of Hong Kong and South China University of Technology). He is the winner of one hundred Excellent Doctoral Dissertations in 2004 in China (jointly organized and implemented by the academic degree office of the State Council and the Ministry of education, discipline of control theory and control engineering). He won the first prize of excellent scientific research achievements of Shandong colleges and universities. He is also a member of the center for chaos and complex networks, a commentator of American Mathematical Reviews, a member of the American Mathematical Society, and a member of the international WSEAS automatic control academic committee. He is the reviewer of international magazines such as Complex Systems, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I-Regular Paper, Automatica, Fractals, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, Science China, Chinese Science Bulletin, and Acta Automatica Sinica. He has been engaged in scientific research in the fields of nonlinear system theory, fractal and chaos theory, nonlinear control and application, physical oceanography, marine environment and marine ecology. He published three monographs in Springer as the first author: Fractal Control Theory , Fractal Control and Its Appllications and Mathematical Principle and Fractal Analysis of Mesoscale Eddy , and published more than 200 papers in top journals and other journals at home and abroad. Li Zhang, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Business School, Shandong University of Political Science and Law. She received the B.S. degree in mathematics and applied mathematics from Jinan University in 2003, an M.S. degree from Shandong University in 2006 and the Ph.D. degree from Shandong University in 2011, China. Her current research interests are control theory of chaos, fractal in social, financial and economic systems and its applications. She, with co-authors, has published 9 journal papers like SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, Fractals, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos and 7 conference papers.

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Chapter 1 - Introduction to micro-/nanorobot swarms.- Chapter 2 - Pattern formation of a vortex-like paramagnetic nanoparticle swarm.- Chapter 3 - Ribbon-like magnetic colloid microswarm.- Chapter 4 - Heterogeneous colloidal microswarm with multi-functions.- Chapter 5 - Tornado-like 3-D microswarm: the combination of light and magnetic field.- Chapter 6 - Formation and actuation of microswarms in biofluids.- Chapter 7 - Pattern transformation rates control of microswarms.- Chapter 8 - Localization of microswarms using various imaging methods.- Chapter 9 - Formation and navigation of microswarms in dynamic environments.- Chapter 10 - Applications of micro-/nanorobot swarms in biomedicine.- Chapter 11 - Applications of micro-/nanorobot swarms in the other fields.- Chapter 12 - Conclusions and Future Prospects.