Schematic illustration of the bio-inspired magnetic soft robots (BMSRs) and their applications in the biomedical field (IMAGE)

International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing

Schematic illustration of the bio-inspired magnetic soft robots (BMSRs) and their applications in the biomedical field

Caption

The BMSRs are manipulated by a 6-DOF robotic arm to generate rotating magnetic fields. They can crawl on inclined surfaces (including upside-down motion) and navigate the GI tract with endoscopic feedback to perform precise tasks like targeted drug delivery.

Credit

By Ruomeng Xu, Xianli Wang, Yuanhe Chen, Lap Mou Tam and Qingsong Xu*

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