Underwater robots have been promoted a significant interest in monitoring the marine
environment. In some complex situation, robots sometimes need to keep moving fast …

This paper proposes a novel master-slave robotic catheter operating system with force
feedback and visual feedback for vascular interventional surgery (VIS). The robotic catheter …

Research on underwater robots is attracting increased attention around the world. Various
kinds of underwater robots have been developed, using an assortment of shapes, sizes …

This paper depicts the structural design of a novel water-jet-based spherical underwater
robot. The propulsion system is made up of four water-jet thrusters and 8 steering servo …

Robots play an important role in underwater monitoring and recovery operations, such as
pollution detection, submarine sampling and data collection, video mapping, and object …

This paper aims to improve the collaboration ability and stability of amphibious spherical
robots (ASRs). According to our previous researches, robots have no communication or …

In this article, we propose a novel magnetic-actuated multimodule drug sustained-release
minirobot (DSM) manipulated by an external rotating electromagnetic field. The structure of …

Underwater microrobots are in urgent demand for applications such as pollution detection
and video mapping in limited space. Compact structure, multi-functionality, and flexibility are …

For an underwater robot, hydrodynamic characteristics are very important. This paper
focuses on the research of the hydrodynamic analysis of a spherical underwater robot with …

A variety of microrobots have commonly been used in the fields of biomedical engineering
and underwater operations during the last few years. Thanks to their compact structure, low …