Mobile Actuation Systems for Magnetic Small-scale Robots

Discover mobile magnetic actuation systems for manipulating magnetic small-scale robots

Exploring the latest advancements in the field, this book introduces mobile magnetic actuation systems, covering the principles, development, and their typical applications. Each chapter is complete with a discussion and conclusion, as well as experimental results when necessary.

Readers will find information on current topics such as field and force control methods for reconfigurable electromagnetic actuation systems, concluding with a summary of the design and integration strategies of magnetic actuation systems, as well as their future applications.

Other topics include:

• Design and real-time optimization for a magnetic actuation system with enhanced flexibility, with information on autonomous navigation of a robot under ultrasound doppler imaging
• Mobile magnetic actuation systems for flow rate rejection control of microrobots, with guidance on construction of the control framework
• Reconfigurable electromagnetic actuation systems with large workspaces, covering multi-objective optimization methods for coil configuration generation
• Parallel-mobile-coil systems for wired magnetic microrobots, reviewing robotic hardware, structure design, and control frameworks
• Magnetically controlled guidewire robotic systems for vascular intervention, discussing mathematical modeling and trajectory planning

Offering a blend of theoretical insights and practical applications, this book is an excellent resource for researchers, students, and professionals in robotics, computer science, control engineering, and biomedical engineering seeking state-of-the-art insights on the subject.

QIANQIAN WANG is a Professor with the Department of Robotics, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China.

LI ZHANG is a Professor with the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

TIANTIAN XU is a Professor at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

MINGXUE CAI is an Associate Professor at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.