3 papers
cs.RO2026
Stiffness Optimization for Concentrated Bending in Magnetically Actuated Catheters: Maintaining Steerability under Gradient Stiffness
Jiewen Tan, Junnan Xue, Shing Shin Cheng +3
Achieving both efficient pushability (propulsion transmission) and proximally concentrated bending for steerability is challenging for magnetically actuated soft catheters: higher…
cs.RO2026
Information-Theoretic Geometry Optimization and Physics-Aware Learning for Calibration-Free Magnetic Localization
Wenxuan Xie, Yuelin Zhang, Qingpeng Ding +4
Wireless localization of permanent magnets enables occlusion-free guidance for medical interventions, yet its practical accuracy is fundamentally limited by two coupled challenges:…
cs.RO2025
Theoretical Data-Driven MobilePosenet: Lightweight Neural Network for Accurate Calibration-Free 5-DOF Magnet Localization
Wenxuan Xie, Yuelin Zhang, Jiwei Shan +3
Permanent magnet tracking using the external sensor array is crucial for the accurate localization of wireless capsule endoscope robots. Traditional tracking algorithms, based on t…