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Moving Beyond Compliance in Soft-Robotic Catheters Through Modularity for Precision Therapies
B. Calmé, N. J. Greenidge, A. Metcalf +7
Soft robotic instruments could navigate delicate, tortuous anatomy more safely than rigid tools, but clinical adoption is limited by insufficient tip functionalization and real-tim…
External Steering of Vine Robots via Magnetic Actuation
Nam Gyun Kim, Nikita J. Greenidge, Joshua Davy +4
This paper explores the concept of external magnetic control for vine robots to enable their high curvature steering and navigation for use in endoluminal applications. Vine robots…
Computational Design of Magnetic Soft Shape-Forming Catheters using the Material Point Method
Joshua Davy, Peter Lloyd, James H. Chandler +1
Magnetic Soft Catheters (MSCs) are capable of miniaturization due to the use of an external magnetic field for actuation. Through careful design of the magnetic elements within the…
Six-degree-of-freedom Localization Under Multiple Permanent Magnets Actuation
Tomas da Veiga, Giovanni Pittiglio, Michael Brockdorff +2
Localization of magnetically actuated medical robots is essential for accurate actuation, closed loop control and delivery of functionality. Despite extensive progress in the use o…
Independent Control of Two Magnetic Robots using External Permanent Magnets: A Feasibility Study
Joshua Davy, Tomas da Veiga, Giovanni Pittiglio +2
The ability to have multiple magnetic robots operate independently in the same workspace would increase the clinical potential of these systems allowing collaborative operation. In…