5 accepted papers
Magnetic continuum robots (MCR) have shown great potential in minimally invasive interventions because they can be actively and remotely navigated through complex in vivo environments. However, the deformation capability of current MCRs is limited by fixed magnetization congurations, preventing them…
Magnetic field is a favorable power source for actuation and control of micro-/nanorobots. To overcome the fast decay of magnetic field for large-workspace microrobotic actuation, mobile field source-based systems have been proposed. In this work, we report a new mobile-coil system, i.e., QuadMag. I…
Mechanical rubbing of blood clot using miniature magnetic helical robots is a potential way for thrombolysis. In this paper, we report a new strategy for this issue based on mobile coils. Previously, we proposed the concept of magnetic actuation with parallel mobile coils, in which multiple coils ca…
Endovascular surgery has become a popular minimally invasive approach to diagnose and treat various vascular diseases. However, manipulating conventional passive guidewires and catheters still has technical challenges, such as long duration and undesired trauma. In addition, radiation exposure induc
Large workspace localization of magnetic robots is important for medical applications. This paper presents a novel localization strategy to achieve simultaneous localization and actuation of magnetic robots using hall-effect sensors. We integrate 25 sensors into a sensing probe and mount it on to th…