Magnetically actuated capsule robots: A review

W Chen, J Sui, C Wang - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Capsule endoscopy is a procedure that uses a tiny wireless camera inside a capsule
endoscope to capture pictures of the patient's gastrointestinal tract for diagnosis …

Wearable and Implantable Soft Robots

S Yin, DR Yao, Y Song, W Heng, X Ma, H Han… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Soft robotics presents innovative solutions across different scales. The flexibility and
mechanical characteristics of soft robots make them particularly appealing for wearable and …

Magnetically driven capsules with multimodal response and multifunctionality for biomedical applications

Y Sun, W Zhang, J Gu, L Xia, Y Cao, X Zhu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Untethered capsules hold clinical potential for the diagnosis and treatment of
gastrointestinal diseases. Although considerable progress has been achieved recently in …

Locally addressable energy efficient actuation of magnetic soft actuator array systems

M Richter, J Sikorski, P Makushko, Y Zabila… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in magnetoresponsive composites and (electro‐) magnetic actuators have led to
development of magnetic soft machines (MSMs) as building blocks for small‐scale robotic …

Disturbance observer-based robust controller for a multiple-electromagnets actuator

HS Lee, J Back, CS Kim - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a disturbance observer (DOB)-based robust controller to improve the
control performance of an electromagnetic actuator (EMA) with multiple electromagnets by …

Review on wearable system for positioning ultrasound scanner

L Li, L Zhao, R Hassan, H Ren - Machines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Although ultrasound (US) scan or diagnosis became widely employed in the 20th century, it
still plays a crucial part in modern medical diagnostics, serving as a diagnostic tool or a …

Hybrid vision/magnetic-force finite-time convergent neural network tracking control of electromagnetically actuated soft-tethered colonoscope robot with current …

Z Cui, Y Li, W Li, J Li, PWY Chiu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To solve the problems of discomfort and potential colon perforations of patients that arise
when standard colonoscopes are used for colonoscopy, an electromagnetically actuated …

Evaluation of different control strategies for trajectory following of a robotic capsule endoscope under rotating magnetic actuation

Y Xu, K Li, Z Zhao, MQH Meng - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) is limited in the long examination time and low
flexibility since the capsule is passively moved by the natural peristalsis. Efforts have been …

Untethered shape-changing devices in the gastrointestinal tract

W Liu, SJ Choi, D George, L Li, Z Zhong… - Expert Opinion on …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Advances in microfabrication, automation, and computer engineering seek to
revolutionize small-scale devices and machines. Emerging trends in medicine point to smart …

Endoscopic capsule robot-based diagnosis, navigation and localization in the gastrointestinal tract

M Hanscom, DR Cave - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The proliferation of video capsule endoscopy (VCE) would not have been possible without
continued technological improvements in imaging and locomotion. Advancements in …