Position and orientation control of multisection magnetic soft microcatheters

D Lin, W Chen, K He, N Jiao, Z Wang… - … /ASME transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Soft continuum robots (CRs) can be potentially applied in minimally invasive surgery due to
their slender continuously deformable bodies. However, miniaturization, dexterity, and …

Spreadable magnetic soft robots with on-demand hardening

Z Xu, Y Chen, Q Xu - Research, 2023 - spj.science.org
Magnetically actuated mobile robots demonstrate attractive advantages in various medical
applications due to their wireless and programmable executions with tiny sizes. Confronted …

[HTML][HTML] Nature-inspired miniaturized magnetic soft robotic swimmers

R Pramanik, R Verstappen, PR Onck - Applied Physics Reviews, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
State-of-the-art biomedical applications such as targeted drug delivery and laparoscopic
surgery are extremely challenging because of the small length scales, the requirements of …

Magnetically steerable catheters: State of the art review

C Limpabandhu, Y Hu, H Ren… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Magnetically steerable catheters (MSCs) have caught the interest of researchers due to their
various potential uses in clinical applications, for example, minimally invasive surgery. Many …

Kinematic analysis of multi-section opposite magnetic catheter robots with solution multiplicity

D Lin, N Li, N Jiao, Z Wang, L Liu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetic catheter robots have great potential for application in minimally invasive surgical
interventions that require submillimeter soft catheters to be inserted into the body. Compared …

Multi-point orientation control of discretely-magnetized continuum manipulators

M Richter, VK Venkiteswaran… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the past decade, remote actuation through magnetic fields has been used for position and
orientation control of continuum manipulators (CMs) with a single magnet at the distal tip. By …

Intravascular tracking of micro-agents using medical ultrasound: Towards clinical applications

F Šuligoj, CM Heunis, S Mohanty… - IEEE transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: This study demonstrates intravascular micro-agent visualization by utilizing
robotic ultrasound-based tracking and visual servoing in clinically-relevant scenarios …

SonoTweezer: An acoustically powered end-effector for underwater micromanipulation

S Mohanty, RJ Fidder, PM Matos… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advances in contactless micromanipulation strategies have revolutionized prospects
of robotic manipulators as next-generation tools for minimally invasive surgeries. In …

Magneed–needle-shaped electromagnets for localized actuation within compact workspaces

JJ Huaroto, M Richter, M Malafaia, J Kim… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electromagnetic actuation of micro-/milli-sized agents has traditionally relied on large
electromagnets positioned at considerable distances from the agents. As a result, the …

Tunable magnetic trap: Using passive elements to control magnetic microrobots

FNP Basualdo, RGJ van de Weerd… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetic microrobots have the ability to navigate through difficult-to-reach environments,
thereby holding promise for applications in the fields of micromanipulation and biomedicine …