4 accepted papers
Guiding catheters assist in delivering hazardous equipment such as needles through non-solid mediums likecavities and vasculature. Traditionally, metallic needles are passed through metallic guiding catheters, which are limited to linear paths or require anatomy-specific designs. Recently, variable
Electromagnetic actuation of micro-/milli-sized agents has traditionally relied on large electromagnets positioned at considerable distances from the agents. As a result, the electromagnets consume kilowatts of power to overcome the limited generation of magnetic field gradients. Miniaturized electr
In the past decade, remote actuation through magnetic fields has been used for position and orientation control of continuum manipulators (CMs) with a single magnet at the distal tip. By leveraging multiple points of actuation along the length of the CM it is possible to achieve increasingly complex
Magnetically actuated soft robots have recently been identified for application in medicine, due to their potential to perform minimally invasive exploration of human cavities. Magnetic solutions permit further miniaturization when compared to other actuation techniques, without loss in functionalit…