Emerging paradigms furthering the reach of medical technology into human anatomy
present unique modeling, control, and sensing problems. This review provides a brief history …

The advent of telerobotic systems has revolutionized various aspects of the industry and
human life. This technology is designed to augment human sensorimotor capabilities to …

This paper presents a new magnetic levitation system, MagTable, which provides six-
degrees-of-freedom (6-DOF) and completely contactless operation of a magnetized object …

This letter reports an approach to automated microfluidic trapping and manipulation using a
peanut-like magnetic-drive swimming microrobot of about 0.8-μm diameter and 3 μm in …

In this paper, we present a method for conducting automated micromanipulation that uses a
cantilevered micropipette probe (CMP), which is capable of high-sensitivity contact …

Magnetic navigation microrobotics is a promising technology in micromanipulation and
medical applications. A magnetically navigated microrobot (MNM) usually has permanent …

Microrobotics systems are showing promising results in several applications and scenarios,
such as targeted drug delivery and screening, biopsy, environmental control, surgery, and …

This paper proposes a new actuation principle for noncontact actuation. Thermocapillary
convection is a promising principle to manipulate particles at the fluid/gas interface …

A developed transferable micro force sensor was evaluated by comparing its response with
an industrially manufactured device. In order to pre-identify sensor properties, three …

This paper proposes an analytical approach to directly determine coil thickness dimension
only according to the magnetic pole pitch of magnetic levitation planar motors. Based on …