Control and autonomy of microrobots: Recent progress and perspective

J Jiang, Z Yang, A Ferreira… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
After decades of development, microrobots have exhibited great application potential in the
biomedical field, such as minimally invasive surgery, drug delivery, and bio‐sensing …

An overview of systems and techniques for autonomous robotic ultrasound acquisitions

K Li, Y Xu, MQH Meng - IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound (US) acquisition in standard clinical procedures requires manual operation of the
probe based on the interpretation of the image. A robotic system for autonomous US …

Image-integrated magnetic actuation systems for localization and remote actuation of medical miniature robots: A survey

X Du, J Yu - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetic miniature robots are promising tools for minimally invasive and noninvasive
therapy. Constructing systems with actuation–perception loops is an essential step to …

Autonomous navigation of an ultrasound probe towards standard scan planes with deep reinforcement learning

K Li, J Wang, Y Xu, H Qin, D Liu, L Liu… - … on Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Autonomous ultrasound (US) acquisition is an important yet challenging task, as it involves
interpretation of the highly complex and variable images and their spatial relationships. In …

Medical robotics: opportunities in China

Y Guo, W Chen, J Zhao, GZ Yang - Annual Review of Control …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Medical robotics is a rapidly advancing discipline that is leading the evolution of robot-
assisted surgery, personalized rehabilitation and assistance, and hospital automation. In …

Multimode control of a parallel-mobile-coil system for adaptable large-workspace microrobotic actuation

L Yang, M Zhang, Z Yang… - IEEE/ASME Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent studies on magnetic microrobotics for biomedical applications have resulted in
varieties of magnetic actuation systems. However, the simultaneous actuation and tracking …

Magnetic navigation system composed of dual permanent magnets for accurate position and posture control of a capsule endoscope

S Kim, S Bae, W Lee, G Jang - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We developed a magnetic navigation system (MNS) composed of a magnetic field control
part and a robot arm part to precisely control the position and posture of a capsule …

Adaptive simultaneous magnetic actuation and localization for WCE in a tubular environment

Y Xu, K Li, Z Zhao, MQH Meng - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Simultaneous magnetic actuation and localization is a promising technology to realize active
wireless capsule endoscopy. In this article, an adaptive approach is proposed to efficiently …

Analytical modeling and inverse design of centimeter-scale hard-magnetic soft robots

J Wang, D Wang, L Dong, M Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hard-magnetic soft robots can form diverse soft-body deformation modes and safely interact
with their surrounding environment, offering great promise in performing complex functions …

Five-degree-of-freedom robust control of a magnetic endoscopic capsule using an electromagnetic system

PS Boroujeni, HN Pishkenari, HA Chimeh… - Control Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Capsule endoscopy is a minimally invasive gastrointestinal diagnostic procedure. The active
endoscopic capsule enables the physician to steer the device to any desired position and …