ArticleIEEE robotics and automation letters2023
Wireless Millimeter-Size Soft Climbing Robots with Omnidirectional Steerability on Tissue Surfaces.
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- Bioinspired milliscale near-boundary undulatory motion for fluid transport and adhesive locomotion.Science advances · 2026Article
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- SPARC: A Soft, Proprioceptive, Agile Robot for 3D Climbing and Exploration with Precise Trajectory Following.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Wirelessly Actuated Microfluidic Pump and Valve for Controlled Liquid Delivery in Dental Implants.Advanced healthcare materials · 2024Article
- Wireless Peristaltic Pump for Transporting Viscous Fluids and Solid Cargos in Confined Spaces.Advanced functional materials · 2024Article
- A water strider-inspired intestinal stent actuator for controllable adhesion and unidirectional biofluid picking.Materials today. Bio · 2024Article
- Millimeter-scale soft capsules for sampling liquids in fluid-filled confined spaces.Science advances · 2024Article
- Design of Heavy-Load Soft Robots Based on a Dual Biomimetic Structure.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Wirelessly actuated miniature soft robots actuated by magnetic fields that can overcome gravity by climbing soft and wet tissues are promising for accessing challenging enclosed and confined spaces with minimal invasion for targeted medical operation. However, existing designs lack the directional steerability to traverse complex terrains and perform agile medical operations. Here we propose a rod-shaped millimeter-size climbing robot that can be omnidirectionally steered with a steering angle up to 360 degrees during climbing beyond existing soft miniature robots. The design innovation includes the rod-shaped robot body, its special magnetization profile, and the spherical robot footpads, allowing directional bending of the body under external magnetic fields and out-of-plane motion of the body for delivery of medical patches. With further integrated bio-adhesives and microstructures on the footpads, we experimentally demonstrated inverted climbing of the robot on porcine gastrointestinal (GI) tract tissues and deployment of a medical patch for targeted drug delivery.
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