Miniature piezoelectric robots exhibit superior performances and have been favored by
many researchers, however, there is an intractable contradiction between nano-resolution …

Worm-like and snake-like robots have attracted a great deal of research attention due to
their slender bodies and excellent mobility. Based on different locomotion mechanisms …

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) have been widely used in active machinery, optical
machinery, robotics, biological materials, medical and other fields, with advantage of good …

To reduce potential trauma to the intestine caused by the rigid shell while also optimising its
progression efficiency, an elastomer coating was applied to a self-propelled capsule robot …

Given the anatomy of the small intestine, this paper investigates the dynamics of a vibro-
impact capsule moving on an intestinal substrate with the consideration of a circular fold …

Circular fold is one of the biggest barriers for resisting endoscopic robots moving in the small
intestine. Overcoming such a resistance force for progression during endoscopic procedure …

This investigation is aimed to propose a vibration-driven friction-induced robot structure with
time-varying stiffness. Different from the common vibration-driven robots with force …

This article presents the topology and material optimization of an underactuated lower limb
robot for gait rehabilitation of stroke survivors. Robot aided lower limb rehabilitation has …

This paper presents a novel robotic dual electromagnetic actuation (DEMA) system capable
of simultaneous actuation and localization of a magnetic capsule endoscope (MCE). The …

In this paper, we study a mathematical model for evaluating the resistant force of endoscopic
devices self-propelling in the small intestine with a consideration of its anatomy. Circular fold …