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Waveguide Photoactuators: Materials, Fabrication, and Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Waveguide photoactuators convert guided light into mechanical motion. Their tethered‐flexible design enables minimally invasive surgery and confined‐space robotics. This review aims to guide materials selection, device design, and system integration, accelerating the transition of waveguide photoactuators from laboratory prototypes to versatile ...
Minjie Xi, Hemin Pan, Yang Zong, Yongfeng Mei, Jizhai Cui   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hybrid magnetic-electric actuation for enhanced motion control and multi-surface operation of Janus microrobots

Nature Communications
This study presents a hybrid actuation framework for enhanced and automated control of Janus particle microrobots across multiple surfaces. Under various magnetic and electric field combinations, Janus particles act as active microscale agents with ...
Ido Rachbuch, Sinwook Park, Yuval Katz, Touvia Miloh, Gilad Yossifon   +4 more
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Hybrid Continuum Robot Designs and Architectures for Healthcare Applications

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Hybrid continuum robots represent an emerging class of flexible manipulators that blend materials, structures, and actuation concepts from the established fields of soft and continuum robotics. This review introduces an accessible framework to distinguish key hybridization approaches, surveys current designs aimed at complex clinical applications, and ...
Burak Ozdemir, Muhammad A. Khalid, Manish Chauhan, Pietro Valdastri, James H. Chandler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

LLM‐Integrated Human–Robot Interaction System for Microrobots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This paper proposes an LLM‐based control framework for guiding microrobots using human natural language. This framework can convert the natural human speech into safe and executable command sets for reliable navigation in complex environments. The experimental results show high accuracy and robustness in task performance, demonstrating the potential of
Bairong Zhu, Amar Salehi, Tingting Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Self-folding soft-robotic chains with reconfigurable shapes and functionalities

, 2023
Magnetic continuum soft robots can actively steer their tip under an external magnetic field, enabling them to effectively navigate in complex in vivo environments and perform minimally invasive interventions.
Ehmke, Claas, Wieland, Matthias, Gu, Hongri, Moser, Simon, Kim, Minsoo, Boehler, Quentin, Nelson, Bradley J., Möckli, Marino, Bechinger, Clemens   +8 more
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A Stiffness Adjustable 6-DOF Robotic System for Pituitary Tumor Resection Under MRI

IEEE Access, 2020
Magnetic resonance imaging offers better visualization for tumors present in the delicate parts of the human body. A pituitary tumor is one of the common types of brain-related tumors located underside the brain.
Muhammad Umar Farooq, Hyunwoo Baek, Sungmin Seung, Kyoungrae Cha, Heon You, Dong-Soo Kwon, Seong Young Ko   +6 more
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Cross‐Scale Hierarchical Targeted Delivery System Based on Small‐Scale Magnetic Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This article reviews a cross‐scale hierarchical targeted delivery system that integrates magnetic continuum robots and magnetic microrobots. By combining rapid long‐range navigation with precise microscale targeting, the system overcomes key limitations of single‐scale approaches.
Junjian Zhou, Zhiqiang Chen, Yuanbiao Ma, Zhiqiang Tang, Qianqian Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artifact for Paper: Verifying Learning-Based Robotic Navigation Systems

, 2022
This is an artifact accompanying the paper: "Verifying Learning-Based Robotic Navigation Systems" (accepted to TACAS 2023).
Amir, Guy, Katz, Guy, Marzari, Luca, Corsi, Davide, Harel, David, Farinelli, Alessandro, Yerushalmi, Raz   +6 more
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Miniaturized Magnetic Tip Design for Endoluminal Vine Robot Navigation

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A magnetic tip mount is designed for a miniaturized 7 mm soft‐growing vine robot to enable wireless magnetic steering and onboard imaging, while preserving a 3 mm working channel. The internal–external ring magnets design balances magnetic attachment with low eversion pressure. Experiments demonstrate ±90° steering, 34 mm bending radius, and successful
Andrea Yanez Trujillo, Joshua Davy, James H. Chandler, James Avery, Pietro Valdastri   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

MicroRoboScope: A Portable and Integrated Mechatronic Platform for Magnetic and Acoustic Microrobotic Experimentation

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents the MicroRoboScope, a highly integrated, compact, and portable microrobotic experimentation platform combining electromagnetic and acoustic actuation with real‐time visual feedback into a single, end‐to‐end device. The system enables closed‐loop control and tracking algorithm experimentation within an accessible and unified hardware ...
Max Sokolich, Yanda Yang, Subrahmanyam Cherukumilli, Fatma Ceren Kirmizitas, Sambeeta Das   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source