Papers
83
Total Citations
2,280
H-Index
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About
Sukho Park is a pioneering researcher in the field of biomedical microrobotics, with landmark contributions spanning targeted drug delivery, magnetic navigation systems, and biologically inspired micro-devices. His work has fundamentally advanced the design and control of miniaturized robotic systems for clinical applications, particularly in cancer therapy and cardiovascular intervention. Park's most celebrated contribution — a magnetically actuated, pH-responsive hydrogel-based soft microrobot for targeted drug delivery (2016, 393 citations) — demonstrated an elegant hybrid actuation strategy that brought stimuli-responsive microrobotics closer to therapeutic reality. His development of magnetic navigation systems using gradient and saddle coils (2010, 176 citations) provided a crucial framework for wirelessly controlling micro-robots within human blood vessels, opening new frontiers in minimally invasive surgery. Earlier foundational work on bio-hybrid cell robots (2007, 148 citations) and beetle-inspired microfibrillar adhesives for endoscopic capsule locomotion (2006) underscores his versatility across scales and mechanisms. More recently, Park has expanded into self-powered sensing and bacterial cellulose-based actuators, reflecting a consistently innovative research trajectory. With well over 1,000 cumulative citations, his work remains essential reading for anyone entering the field of medical microrobotics.
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- 3Establishment of a fabrication method for a long-term actuated hybrid cell robot148 citations · 2007
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- 5Development of Biomedical Microrobot for Intravascular Therapy86 citations · 2010
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- 9Swimming microrobot actuated by two pairs of Helmholtz coils system56 citations · 2010
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