Modeling and experimental characterization of propulsion of a spiral-type microrobot for medical use in gastrointestinal tract

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1751-1759

  Zhou, Hao ^a   Alici, Gursel ^a   Than, Trung Duc ^a   Li, Weihua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Design optimization; magnetic propulsion; medical robotics; spiral type microrobot

Indexed keywords

DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATION; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; MAGNETIC PROPULSION; MEDICAL ROBOTICS; MICRO ROBOTS; TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY;

DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SILICONES;

PROPULSION;

SILICONE OIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FRICTION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE WALL; NONHUMAN; ROBOTICS; ROTATION; SIMULATION; SMALL INTESTINE; SWINE; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTESTINE, SMALL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUCUS; ROBOTICS; SWINE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84877881535     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2228001     Document Type: Article

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