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Qigao Fan

9 accepted papers

2025

Design and Modeling of a Micro-coil Array Platform for the Smooth Movement of Multiple Micro-robots

IROS 2025

In recent years, local magnetic field actuation technology has garnered significant attention in the field of collaborative control of multiple micro-robots. By optimizing the design of coil array structures, gradient magnetic fields can be generated in target areas, enabling independent control of

Cited by 0SourceScholar
2025

Temporal Logic-Guided DQN for Object Delivery and Transportation Using Magnetic Microrobots With Local Control

RA-L 2025

Microrobots driven by magnetic fields hold significant promise in medical applications, particularly in drug delivery–a key area in the biomedical field. Traditional approaches primarily rely on global magnetic fields to control single microrobots, which makes it challenging to independently control

Cited by 0SourceScholar
2024

Autonomous Vision-Guided Two-Arm Collaborative Microassembly Using Learned Manipulation Model

RA-L 2024

This letter presents an integrated micromanipulation system suited for precise assembly of micro-parts in intricate environments. By embedding the Global Attention Mechanism (GAM) into YOLOv8, the system not only enhances its performance but also accurately identifies target keypoints, pinpointing t

Cited by 6SourceScholar
2024

Design of a Dual-Layer Four Quadrants Orthogonal Microcoil Platform for Independent Control of Multiple Magnetic Microrobots

RA-L 2024

Compared to the limitations of relying solely on a global magnetic field response, utilizing local magnetic fields enables the independent control of multiple microrobots, regardless of variations in their size and orientation. In this letter, we develop a dual-layer orthogonal local magnetic field

Cited by 3SourceScholar
2024

On a Magnetically Driven Array System with Autonomous Motion and Object Delivery for Biomedical Microrobots

IROS 2024poster

The application of microrobots in the biomedical field has attracted great interest, among which drug transportation is one of the application scenarios. Traditional studies used the global magnetic field to control single microrobot, therefore it is impossible to control multiple microrobots. To ad…

Cited by 14SourceScholar
2023

Adaptive Learning and Sliding Mode Control for a Magnetic Microrobot Precision Tracking With Uncertainties

RA-L 2023

Magnetic microrobots have potential applications in many medical diagnosis and treatment due to the unique characteristics in biological fine manipulation, such as precise drug delivery and hyperthermia. Precise and robust trajectory tracking control of magnetic microrobots under complex disturbance

Cited by 23SourceScholar
2022

Combined Magnetic Field Decoupling and Disturbance Rejection Control of Microrobots Based on Extended State Observer

RA-L 2022

Magnetic microrobots are potentially used in various biomedical applications due to their distinguished properties in bio-related manipulation such as minimally invasive and accessible in complex bio-environment. Precise path tracking control of magnetic microrobots in complex interference is an imp

Cited by 12SourceScholar
2022

Obstacle Avoidance for Microrobots in Simulated Vascular Environment Based on Combined Path Planning

RA-L 2022

In order to increase the feasibility of using microrobots to perform microscale tasks and widen the range of potential applications, the use of autonomous control algorithms such as obstacle avoidance is essential. In this study, aiming at the requirement of microrobots for automatic obstacle avoida

Cited by 23SourceScholar