Soft-bodied adaptive multimodal locomotion strategies in fluid-filled confined spaces

Z Ren, R Zhang, RH Soon, Z Liu, W Hu, PR Onck… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Soft-bodied locomotion in fluid-filled confined spaces is critical for future wireless medical
robots operating inside vessels, tubes, channels, and cavities of the human body, which are …

Fabrication and characterization of a magnetic drilling actuator for navigation in a three-dimensional phantom vascular network

S Lee, S Lee, S Kim, CH Yoon, HJ Park, J Kim… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Intravascular microrobots have emerged as a promising tool for vascular diseases. They can
be wirelessly and precisely manipulated with a high degree of freedom. Previous studies …

Magnetic force-propelled 3D locomotion control for magnetic microrobots via simple modified three-axis Helmholtz coil system

A Ramos-Sebastian, SH Kim - Ieee Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetic microrobots are propelled by magnetic fields or magnetic field gradients generated
by electromagnetic systems. Generally, 3D Helmholtz coils systems are used for microrobot …

Fabrication of magnetically driven biopsy mechanism applicable to capsule-type medical device

T Matsui, S Murata, T Honda - Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
This article proposes two kinds of magnetic rotary actuators applicable to a next-generation
capsule endoscope that can conduct a small intestinal biopsy. One actuator is for an …

Advanced Multimodal Locomotion and Multifunctionality of Soft-bodied Millirobots

Z Ren - 2022 - research-collection.ethz.ch
Small-scale mobile robots at the millimeter-scale have many potential applications, such as
minimally invasive surgery, lab-on-chip tasks, and environmental monitoring. In the past few …

Characterization of a mm-scale swimming microrobot for 3D manipulation

S Lee, J Kim, S Lee, S Kim… - 2017 14th International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microrobots have proven to be a promising approach for minimally invasive treatment in the
biomedical field. The microdriller with wireless magnetic manipulation has great potential for …