Magnetic actuation methods in bio/soft robotics

N Ebrahimi, C Bi, DJ Cappelleri, G Ciuti… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, magnetism has gained an enormous amount of interest among researchers
for actuating different sizes and types of bio/soft robots, which can be via an electromagnetic …

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 …

Magnetic actuation systems for miniature robots: A review

Z Yang, L Zhang - Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A magnetic field, which is transparent and relatively safe to biological tissue, is a powerful
tool for remote actuation and wireless control of magnetic devices. Furthermore, miniature …

Enabling the future of colonoscopy with intelligent and autonomous magnetic manipulation

JW Martin, B Scaglioni, JC Norton… - Nature machine …, 2020 - nature.com
Early diagnosis of colorectal cancer substantially improves survival. However, over half of
cases are diagnosed late due to the demand for colonoscopy—the 'gold standard'for …

Challenges of continuum robots in clinical context: a review

T da Veiga, JH Chandler, P Lloyd… - Progress in …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
With the maturity of surgical robotic systems based on traditional rigid-link principles, the rate
of progress slowed as limits of size and controllable degrees of freedom were reached …

Five-degree-of-freedom manipulation of an untethered magnetic device in fluid using a single permanent magnet with application in stomach capsule endoscopy

AW Mahoney, JJ Abbott - The International Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper demonstrates magnetic three-degree-of-freedom (3-DOF) closed-loop position
and 2-DOF open-loop orientation control of a mockup magnetic capsule endoscope in fluid …

A survey on actuators-driven surgical robots

HM Le, TN Do, SJ Phee - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2016 - Elsevier
Robot-assisted surgeries have been integrated and leading to a paradigm shift in surgical
fields. With the emergence of Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS), especially Natural Orifice …

Frontiers of robotic endoscopic capsules: a review

G Ciuti, R Caliò, D Camboni, L Neri, F Bianchi… - Journal of micro-bio …, 2016 - Springer
Digestive diseases are a major burden for society and healthcare systems, and with an
aging population, the importance of their effective management will become critical …

Digital twin of a magnetic medical microrobot with stochastic model predictive controller boosted by machine learning in cyber-physical healthcare systems

H Keshmiri Neghab, M Jamshidi, H Keshmiri Neghab - Information, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently, emerging technologies have assisted the healthcare system in the treatment of a
wide range of diseases so considerably that the development of such methods has been …

Magnetic levitation for soft-tethered capsule colonoscopy actuated with a single permanent magnet: A dynamic control approach

G Pittiglio, L Barducci, JW Martin… - IEEE robotics and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The present letter investigates a novel control approach for magnetically driven soft-tethered
capsules for colonoscopy-a potentially painless approach for colon inspection. The focus of …