Magnetically actuated continuum medical robots: A review

Z Yang, H Yang, Y Cao, Y Cui… - Advanced intelligent …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The magnetic field has unique advantages in manipulating miniature robots working inside
the human body, such as high transparency to biological tissue and good controllability for …

[HTML][HTML] A survey on design, actuation, modeling, and control of continuum robot

J Zhang, Q Fang, P Xiang, D Sun, Y Xue… - Cyborg and Bionic …, 2022 - spj.science.org
In this paper, we describe the advances in the design, actuation, modeling, and control field
of continuum robots. After decades of pioneering research, many innovative structural …

The state-of-the-art and perspectives of laser ablation for tumor treatment

Y Fan, L Xu, S Liu, J Li, J Xia, X Qin, Y Li… - Cyborg and Bionic …, 2024 - spj.science.org
Tumors significantly impact individuals' physical well-being and quality of life. With the
ongoing advancements in optical technology, information technology, robotic technology …

Soft tunable gelatin robot with insect-like claw for grasping, transportation, and delivery

L Yang, J Miao, G Li, H Ren, T Zhang… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recently, insect-scale soft robots have received increasing attentions for diverse
applications owing to their ability to access hard-to-reach areas. However, most of them are …

Tailoring mechanical properties of PμSL 3D-printed structures via size effect

W Zhang, H Ye, X Feng, W Zhou, K Cao… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Projection micro stereolithography (PμSL) has emerged as a powerful three-dimensional
(3D) printing technique for manufacturing polymer structures with micron-scale high …

Heat‐mitigated design and lorentz force‐based steering of an MRI‐driven microcatheter toward minimally invasive surgery

MF Phelan III, ME Tiryaki, J Lazovic… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Catheters integrated with microcoils for electromagnetic steering under the high, uniform
magnetic field within magnetic resonance (MR) scanners (3–7 Tesla) have enabled an …

Design and characteristics of 3D magnetically steerable guidewire system for minimally invasive surgery

S Zhang, M Yin, Z Lai, C Huang, C Wang… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Endovascular techniques have been increasingly adapted to medical applications as a
minimally-invasive treatment approach to diagnose and treat various vascular diseases …

Magnetic soft helical manipulators with local dipole interactions for flexibility and forces

M Richter, M Kaya, J Sikorski, L Abelmann… - Soft …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Magnetic continuum manipulators (MCMs) are a class of continuum robots that can be
actuated without direct contact by an external magnetic field. MCMs operating in confined …

Axis-space framework for cable-driven soft continuum robot control via reinforcement learning

D Wei, J Zhou, Y Zhu, J Ma, S Ma - Communications Engineering, 2023 - nature.com
Cable-driven soft continuum robots are important tools in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) to
reduce the lesions, pain and risk of infection. The feasibility of employing deep …

Enhancing torsional stiffness of continuum robots using 3-D topology optimized flexure joints

Y Sun, TC Lueth - IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Flexure-joint-based continuum robots are used in a variety of engineering applications, such
as minimally invasive surgery and space exploration. However, some highly flexible joints …