Ferromagnetic soft continuum robots

Yoonho Kim; German Alberto Parada; Shengduo Liu; Xuanhe Zhao

doi:10.1126/scirobotics.aax7329

Abstract

A submillimeter-scale, soft continuum robot navigates through highly constrained environments by steering based on magnetic actuation.

Keywords

RobotFerromagnetismComputer sciencePhysicsMaterials scienceMechanical engineeringArtificial intelligenceEngineeringCondensed matter physics

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology US

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Year: 2019
Type: article
Volume: 4
Issue: 33
Citations: 1170
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                                    Yoonho Kim, 
                                
                                    German Alberto Parada, 
                                
                                    Shengduo Liu
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2019). 
                            Ferromagnetic soft continuum robots. 
                            Science Robotics
                            , 4
                            (33)
                            .
                            https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.aax7329
                        

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DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.aax7329