Call for Paper

Part.1

Guest Editors

Prof. Guang-Zhong Yang

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Email: gzyang@sjtu.edu.cn

Prof. Paulo Bartolo

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Email: pbartolo@ntu.edu.sg

Prof. Sylvain Martel

Polytechnique Montréal, Canada

Email: sylvain.martel@polymtl.ca

Prof. Koji Ikuta

University of Tokyo, Japan

Email: ikuta@rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Prof. Fabien Sorin

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Laudanne, Switzerland

Email: fabien.sorin@epfl.ch

Part.2

Introduction

Medical robotics is reshaping the future of minimally invasive intervention, as well as precision diagnostics, personalized rehabilitation and targeted therapy. It is also moving beyond the traditional use of motors and gears, to leverage the latest developments in new materials and fabrication schemes for multi-functional, power-efficient, compliant, and autonomous function in in vivo settings. To this end, conventional manufacturing methods struggle to reconcile the competing physical demands of sub-millimeter to micronscale precision, heterogeneous material integration, and structural compliance required for sustained in vivo operation and dynamic human-robot interaction.

This Special Issue aims to bridge the latest advancements in new materials and fabrication schemes for the development of next-generation medical robotics with material properties that harness physical intelligence and precision actuation. We seek to include both cutting-edge research and comprehensive reviews/perspectives that address the scientific and engineering challenges in fabrication and advanced manufacturing techniques for these medical robotic systems.

Part.3

Scope

Possible topics, within this scope, include but are not limited to:

Ultra-precision manufacturing and wafer-scale assembly of neural interfacing robots

Heterogeneous integration and biohybrid robotics

Voxel-level additive manufacturing for soft robots

4D printing of programmable medical robots

Nanoscale fabrication of field-responsive microrobots

Bio-hybrid micro-robotics and in vivo drug delivery

Advanced fabrication of onboard physical intelligence schemes

In situ, in vivo 3D/4D printing and bio-sensing integration

In-situ metrology for extreme manufacturing

Part.4

Important dates

Please submit your papers in light of the following important dates for the special issue:

Submission deadline: 1^st Dec. 2026

First round of reviews: Jan. 2027

Final submission and decision: March 2027

Publication: mid 2027

Part.5

Promotion & Professional Service

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Submission portal at International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing:

https://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/ijem-caep

关于期刊

International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing (《极端制造》），简称IJEM，中国机械工程学会极端制造分会会刊，致力于发表极端制造领域相关的高质量最新研究成果。自2019年创刊至今，期刊陆续被SCIE、EI、Scopus等20余个国际数据库收录。JCR最新影响因子21.3，位列工程/制造学科领域第一。期刊分区表工程技术1区，TOP期刊。入选中国科技期刊卓越行动计划二期英文领军期刊。

期刊网址：

https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/2631-7990

http://ijemnet.com/

期刊投稿：

https://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/ijem-caep