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Pranay Mandal is pioneering the frontier of nanorobotics, with a focused expertise in the precise control of multiple microscopic agents. His most-cited work, "Externally controlled intermittent randomization enables complex navigation of multiple nanobots," addresses a fundamental bottleneck in the field: how to selectively command a single nanobot within a swarm when global magnetic fields affect all agents equally. Mandal’s key contribution is a novel strategy that leverages controlled, intermittent randomization to break this symmetry, allowing for the complex, independent navigation of individual sub-micrometer robots. This breakthrough, published in 2025 and already garnering 2 citations, is critical for advancing applications from targeted drug delivery to micro-scale assembly. By solving the problem of individual addressability at reduced length scales—a challenge that trivializes macroscale approaches—Mandal is laying the groundwork for the next generation of sophisticated, multi-agent nanorobotic systems. His work represents a significant leap toward realizing the long-held vision of swarms of nanobots performing coordinated, complex tasks inside the human body or in micro-manufacturing environments.
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