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 …

Image-based force localization and estimation of a micro-scale continuum guidewire robot

TA Brumfiel, R Qi, S Ravigopal… - IEEE transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many intravascular procedures are prefaced by the placement of a slender wire called a
guidewire. Steering these guidewires is met with challenges in controlling the distal end …

Magnetically Guided Laser Surgery for the Treatment of Twin‐to‐Twin Transfusion Syndrome

J Lussi, S Gervasoni, M Mattille… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Twin‐to‐twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) is a severe disorder that often leads to the death
of monochorionic twin fetuses, if left untreated. Current prenatal interventions to treat the …

Autonomous intelligent navigation for flexible endoscopy using monocular depth guidance and 3-D shape planning

Y Lu, R Wei, B Li, W Chen, J Zhou… - … on robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advancements toward perception and decision-making of flexible endoscopes have
shown great potential in computer-aided surgical interventions. However, owing to modeling …

Improved trajectory tracking control for a continuum robot using Error-Driven ADRC with input map** method

Y Cao, W Yang, S Wang, S He, Z Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Continuum robots (CRs) have drawn increasing attention owing to their unique ability to
operate in constrained environments. However, due to the deformability and compliant …

Inverse kinematic analysis and agile control of a magnetically actuated catheter

W Peng, H **e, S Zhang, L Gu - Robotics and Computer-Integrated …, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been a growing application of robotic-assisted magnetic actuation
systems in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases because of the fast response and the …

Design and visual servoing control of a hybrid dual-segment flexible neurosurgical robot for intraventricular biopsy

J Chen, M Chen, Q Zhao, S Wang… - … on Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Traditional rigid endoscopes have challenges in flexibly treating tumors located deep in the
brain, and low operability and fixed viewing angles limit its development. This study …

A review of compliant mechanisms for contact robotics applications

Z Samadikhoshkho, E Saive, MG Lipsett - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2024 - Elsevier
The challenge of effectively interacting with the environment is a huge obstacle in robotics
that needs more attention and innovation. Contact missions, in particular, provide inherent …

Closed-loop robust control of robotic flexible endoscopy with neural network-based lumen segmentation

Y Guo, X Wei, Z Deng, X Zheng, B He… - … Signal Processing and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurate positioning of the flexible endoscope during clinical procedures is critical for the
visualization and success of surgical interventions. However, manual operation of the …