7 accepted papers
This paper presents the design and analysis of a compact magnetic field generator for robotic navigation of magnetic endovascular instruments in clinical settings. The system features eight symmetrically arranged permanent magnets in a ring configuration, maximizing magnetic field uniformity and ape
This letter presents the design and analysis of a compact magnetic field generator for robotic navigation of magnetic endovascular instruments in clinical settings. The system features eight symmetrically arranged permanent magnets in a ring configuration, maximizing magnetic field uniformity and ap…
Navigating biomedical instruments inside the brain remains challenging and high-risk. The delicate nature of the tissues involved requires the development of cutting-edge robotic technologies to enhance precision and safety. In response to these demands, this paper presents a novel ribbon-shaped, te…
Microsurgical manipulations are key experimental techniques in life science research, particularly in embryology. These techniques are most often performed manually by highly skilled scientists, posing limitations on speed, precision, and reproducibility. Here we introduce a fully automated robotic
This paper presents the design, fabrication, and operation of compound micromachines powered by acoustic streaming. The machine components were directly incorporated around pillars serving as shafts without further assembly steps using a single-step in situ polymerization process controlled by a pro…
Recent advances in smart materials and microfabrication techniques lead to the development of microrobots for on-demand and targeted therapy. Self-folded hydrogel tubes are particularly promising vehicles as they provide relatively large surface area-to-volume ratio and cargo space for therapeutic a
Shape shifting soft microrobots are generated from self-folding hydrogel bilayer structures. The folding conditions are analyzed to develop an optimal strategy for producing desired three-dimensional shapes. We present two different methods for programming magnetization in these microrobots that are