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 …

[HTML][HTML] A survey on design, actuation, modeling, and control of continuum robot

J Zhang, Q Fang, P ** robot with a concealable gripper
S Zhang, F Li, R Fu, H Li, S Zou, N Ma… - Cyborg and Bionic …, 2023‏ - spj.science.org
Continuum robots with their inherent compliance provide the potential for crossing narrow
unstructured workspace and safely gras** various objects. However, the display gripper …

Soft tunable gelatin robot with insect-like claw for gras**, transportation, and delivery

L Yang, J Miao, G Li, H Ren, T Zhang… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Recently, insect-scale soft robots have received increasing attentions for diverse
applications owing to their ability to access hard-to-reach areas. However, most of them are …

[HTML][HTML] Nature-inspired miniaturized magnetic soft robotic swimmers

R Pramanik, R Verstappen, PR Onck - Applied Physics Reviews, 2024‏ - pubs.aip.org
State-of-the-art biomedical applications such as targeted drug delivery and laparoscopic
surgery are extremely challenging because of the small length scales, the requirements of …

Tailoring mechanical properties of PμSL 3D-printed structures via size effect

W Zhang, H Ye, X Feng, W Zhou, K Cao… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2022‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Projection micro stereolithography (PμSL) has emerged as a powerful three-dimensional
(3D) printing technique for manufacturing polymer structures with micron-scale high …

Design and characteristics of 3D magnetically steerable guidewire system for minimally invasive surgery

S Zhang, M Yin, Z Lai, C Huang, C Wang… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Endovascular techniques have been increasingly adapted to medical applications as a
minimally-invasive treatment approach to diagnose and treat various vascular diseases …

Heat‐mitigated design and lorentz force‐based steering of an MRI‐driven microcatheter toward minimally invasive surgery

MF Phelan III, ME Tiryaki, J Lazovic… - Advanced …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Catheters integrated with microcoils for electromagnetic steering under the high, uniform
magnetic field within magnetic resonance (MR) scanners (3–7 Tesla) have enabled an …

Submillimeter fiber robots capable of decoupled macro-micro motion for endoluminal manipulation

C Zhou, Z Xu, Z Lin, X Qin, J **a, X Ai, C Lou… - Science …, 2024‏ - science.org
Endoluminal and endocavitary intervention via natural orifices of the body is an emerging
trend in medicine, further underpinning the future of early intervention and precision surgery …