The rapid and accurate recovery of precious metal palladium from waste resources has always been a hot and challenging topic. In addition, from the perspective of energy and environmental protection, the regeneration and rational use of waste are also crucial for a sustainable future. Here, an 8-aminoquinoline-modified core–shell magnetic nano stirring robot (MNSR@PGMA-AQ) towards Pd(Ⅱ) is reported which not only has ultra-high solid–liquid separation efficiency but also can accelerate the mass transfer rate in adsorption through self-stirring. A series of adsorption experiments show that MNSR@PGMA-AQ has fast adsorption kinetics, reaching 10.97 mg g−1 in 20 min, which is 85.87 % of the equilibrium adsorption capacity. And selectivity parameters such as distribution coefficient (KD), separation factor (α) and concentration factor (CF) demonstrate its excellent adsorption selectivity for Pd(Ⅱ). Moreover, it is proved that the adsorption mechanism of MNSR@PGMA-AQ towards Pd(Ⅱ) is ion exchange and chelation, which mainly depends on the functional monomer 8-aminoquinoline. The regeneration and palladium recovery experiments in actual samples further prove the application value of this novel robot. Furthermore, Pd-loaded MNSR@PGMA-AQ was used as a catalyst for the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction and investigated its catalytic performance to pursue the goal of waste regeneration and responsible catalyst manufacture.