Fundamentals of bowel cancer for biomedical engineers

J Tian, KO Afebu, A Bickerdike, Y Liu, S Prasad… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2023 - Springer
Bowel cancer is a multifactorial disease arising from a combination of genetic predisposition
and environmental factors. Detection of bowel cancer and its precursor lesions is …

[HTML][HTML] Actuation and Locomotion of Miniature Underwater Robots: A Survey

P Wang, X Liu, A Song - Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Underwater robots have emerged as key tools for marine exploration because of their
unique ability to traverse and navigate underwater regions, which pose challenges or …

Bionic snail robot enhanced by poroelastic foams crawls using direct and retrograde waves

Q Ji, A Song - Soft Robotics, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Snails employ a distinctive crawling mechanism in which the pedal waves travel along the
foot and interact with the mucus to promote efficient movement on various substrates …

A Simultaneous Polyp and Lumen Detection Framework Towards Autonomous Robotic Colonoscopy

WY Ng, Y Li, T Pan, Y Sun, Q Dou… - … on Medical Robotics …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Colorectal Cancer is one of the deadliest diseases with a high incidence and mortality
worldwide. Robotic colonoscopes have been extensively developed to provide alternative …

Robust adaptive dynamic control of electromagnetically actuated soft-tethered robots for medical intervention

C Liu, Y Li, Z Cui, H Zhang, Y Sun, Z Li - Control Engineering Practice, 2024 - Elsevier
Electromagnetically actuated soft-tethered robots (EASTRs) exhibit significant potential for
medical intervention applications due to their compact size and minimal invasiveness …

Ingestible Functional Magnetic Robot with Localized Flexibility (MR‐LF)

TE Greenwood, H Cagle, B Pulver… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The integration of an ingestible dosage form with sensing, actuation, and drug delivery
capabilities can enable a broad range of surgical‐free diagnostic and treatment strategies …

Design and modeling of a biomimetic gastropod-like soft robot with wet adhesive locomotion

W Xin, FT Pan, Y Li, PWY Chiu… - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Crawling through various terrains has been a long research interest. In recent years, quite a
number of soft crawling robots have been developed. However, locomoting in an elastic …

Colon Lumen Center Detection Enables Autonomous Navigation of an Electromagnetically Actuated Soft-Tethered Colonoscope

Y Li, WY Ng, Y Sun, Y Huang, J Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotic colonoscopes have been extensively developed for providing alternative solutions
to conduct colon screening. Nevertheless, most robotic colonoscopes are still facing the …

Towards Automatic Stomach Screening Using a Wireless Magnetically Actuated Capsule Endoscope

H Zhang, Y Li, X Shi, Y Sun, J Li… - … on Medical Robotics …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Stomach cancer remains one of the primary health challenges with a high incidence and
motility. Magnetically actuated capsule endoscope (MACE) provides a noninvasive and …

[HTML][HTML] Development of an earthworm-based soft robot for colon sampling

G Li, W Qiu, M Wang, Y Zhu, F Liu - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Colorectal cancer as a major disease that poses a serious threat to human health continues
to rise in incidence. And the timely colon examinations are crucial for the prevention …