Wireless Hybrid-Actuated Soft Miniature Robot for Biomedical Applications
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Fabrication of the Soft Miniature Robot
2.3. Characterization of the Soft Miniature Robot
2.4. Hydrogel-Swelling- and Magnetic-Fields-Based Shape-Morphing Test of the Soft Miniature Robot
2.5. Magnetic-Field-Driven Mobility of the Soft Miniature Robot
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization of Magnetically Actuated Soft Miniature Robot
3.2. Hydrogel-Swelling-Actuated Bending of Soft Miniature Robot
3.3. Magnetic-Field-Actuated Shape-Morphing Test of Soft Miniature Robot
3.4. Magnetic-Field-Driven Mobility Test of Soft Miniature Robot
3.5. Bead Gripping and Targeted Delivery Test of Soft Miniature Robot
3.6. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Kim, H.; Lee, K.; Go, G. Wireless Hybrid-Actuated Soft Miniature Robot for Biomedical Applications. Actuators 2024, 13, 341. https://doi.org/10.3390/act13090341
Kim H, Lee K, Go G. Wireless Hybrid-Actuated Soft Miniature Robot for Biomedical Applications. Actuators. 2024; 13(9):341. https://doi.org/10.3390/act13090341
Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Heera, Kyongsu Lee, and Gwangjun Go. 2024. "Wireless Hybrid-Actuated Soft Miniature Robot for Biomedical Applications" Actuators 13, no. 9: 341. https://doi.org/10.3390/act13090341