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Magnetically Driven Microrobotics for Micromanipulation and Biomedical Applications

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Advanced Mechatronics and MEMS Devices II

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Magnetic navigation is a promising technology for micromanipulation. This chapter firstly provides a brief review of magnetically driven microrobots developed for micromanipulation and biomedical applications such as medical surgery and drug delivery. Then a magnetically driven microrobotics system is introduced in detail to explain the procedure of developing a magnetic levitation stage. In order to achieve the persistent navigation of the microrobot in various environments, this chapter proposes a sensor switching mechanism that combines magnetic flux measurement based position determination and optical sensor based position detection. In addition, the concept of minimum magnetic potential energy point is used to predict the magnetic force on the microrobot when there is physical contact between the magnetized object and environments. As a further exploration of magnetic force determination mechanism, this chapter also describes the concept of remotely controlled drug delivery with contact force perception at the operator side.

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    Xiaodong Zhang & Mir Behrad Khamesee

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Zhang, X., Khamesee, M.B. (2017). Magnetically Driven Microrobotics for Micromanipulation and Biomedical Applications. In: Zhang, D., Wei, B. (eds) Advanced Mechatronics and MEMS Devices II. Microsystems and Nanosystems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32180-6_27

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