TY - GEN
T1 - A locomotive microrobot for biomedical application
AU - Pan, Qinxue
AU - Guo, Shuxiang
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - This paper proposes a new type of microrobot that can move along a narrow area such as blood vessels which has great potential application for microsurgery. Also, the development of a wireless microrobot that can be manipulated inside a pipe by adjusting an external magnetic field has been discussed. The model of the microrobot utilizes an electromagnetic actuator as the servo actuator to realize movement in biomedical applications. The structure, motion mechanism, and evaluation characteristic of motion of the microrobot have been discussed, and the directional control can be realized via the frequency of the input current. The moving experiments have been carried out in branching points in the horizontal direction, and the moving speed of the robot has been measured in vertical direction by changing frequency. Based on the results, the microrobot has a rapid response, and it can clear out dirt which is adhering to the inner wall of pipe. This microrobot will play an important role in both industrial and medical applications such as microsurgery.
AB - This paper proposes a new type of microrobot that can move along a narrow area such as blood vessels which has great potential application for microsurgery. Also, the development of a wireless microrobot that can be manipulated inside a pipe by adjusting an external magnetic field has been discussed. The model of the microrobot utilizes an electromagnetic actuator as the servo actuator to realize movement in biomedical applications. The structure, motion mechanism, and evaluation characteristic of motion of the microrobot have been discussed, and the directional control can be realized via the frequency of the input current. The moving experiments have been carried out in branching points in the horizontal direction, and the moving speed of the robot has been measured in vertical direction by changing frequency. Based on the results, the microrobot has a rapid response, and it can clear out dirt which is adhering to the inner wall of pipe. This microrobot will play an important role in both industrial and medical applications such as microsurgery.
KW - Biomedical application
KW - Branching points
KW - External magnetic field
KW - Micromechanism
KW - Microrobot in pipe
KW - Wireless operation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=49249131286&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/SICE.2007.4420984
DO - 10.1109/SICE.2007.4420984
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:49249131286
SN - 4907764286
SN - 9784907764289
T3 - Proceedings of the SICE Annual Conference
SP - 242
EP - 247
BT - SICE Annual Conference, SICE 2007
T2 - SICE(Society of Instrument and Control Engineers)Annual Conference, SICE 2007
Y2 - 17 September 2007 through 20 September 2007
ER -
