Magnetic soft materials and robots

Y Kim, X Zhao - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
In conventional classification, soft robots feature mechanical compliance as the main
distinguishing factor from traditional robots made of rigid materials. Recent advances in …

Machine learning for micro-and nanorobots

L Yang, J Jiang, F Ji, Y Li, KL Yung, A Ferreira… - Nature Machine …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Machine learning (ML) has revolutionized robotics by enhancing perception,
adaptability, decision-making and more, enabling robots to work in complex scenarios …

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 …

Evolutionary design of magnetic soft continuum robots

L Wang, D Zheng, P Harker, AB Patel… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Worldwide cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and heart disease are the leading cause
of mortality. While guidewire/catheter-based minimally invasive surgery is used to treat a …

Design and build of small-scale magnetic soft-bodied robots with multimodal locomotion

Z Ren, M Sitti - Nature protocols, 2024 - nature.com
Small-scale magnetic soft-bodied robots can be designed to operate based on different
locomotion modes to navigate and function inside unstructured, confined and varying …

Patient-specific magnetic catheters for atraumatic autonomous endoscopy

G Pittiglio, P Lloyd, T da Veiga, O Onaizah, C Pompili… - Soft robotics, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Despite increasing interest in minimally invasive surgical techniques and related
developments in flexible endoscopes and catheters, follow-the-leader motion remains …

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 …

Magnetically controlled soft robotics utilizing elastomers and gels in actuation: A review

HJ Chung, AM Parsons, L Zheng - Advanced Intelligent …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A magnetic field has unique advantages in controlling soft robotics inside of an enclosed
space, such as surgical catheters or untethered drug‐delivering robots operating in the …

Mechanics of hard-magnetic soft materials: A review

L Lu, J Sim, RR Zhao - Mechanics of Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Hard-magnetic soft materials are a class of magnetically responsive composites obtained by
embedding hard-magnetic particles into a soft polymeric matrix. They have found …

Textiles in soft robots: Current progress and future trends

C Fu, Z Xia, C Hurren, A Nilghaz, X Wang - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2022 - Elsevier
Soft robotics have substantial benefits of safety, adaptability, and cost efficiency compared to
conventional rigid robotics. Textiles have applications in soft robotics either as an auxiliary …