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 …

Robotic wireless capsule endoscopy: recent advances and upcoming technologies

Q Cao, R Deng, Y Pan, R Liu, Y Chen, G Gong… - Nature …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) offers a non-invasive evaluation of the digestive system,
eliminating the need for sedation and the risks associated with conventional endoscopic …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Frontiers of medical robotics: from concept to systems to clinical translation

J Troccaz, G Dagnino, GZ Yang - Annual review of biomedical …, 2019‏ - annualreviews.org
Medical robotics is poised to transform all aspects of medicine—from surgical intervention to
targeted therapy, rehabilitation, and hospital automation. A key area is the development of …

Medical technologies and challenges of robot-assisted minimally invasive intervention and diagnostics

N Simaan, RM Yasin, L Wang - Annual Review of Control …, 2018‏ - annualreviews.org
Emerging paradigms furthering the reach of medical technology into human anatomy
present unique modeling, control, and sensing problems. This review provides a brief history …

Capsule endoscopy: from current achievements to open challenges

G Ciuti, A Menciassi, P Dario - IEEE reviews in biomedical …, 2011‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) can be considered an example of disruptive technology
since it represents an appealing alternative to traditional diagnostic techniques. This …

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 …

Biopsy with thermally-responsive untethered microtools

E Gultepe, JS Randhawa, S Kadam… - Advanced Materials …, 2012‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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