journal Current Robotics Reports. Special Issue Recent Advances in Microrobotics.

Electromagnetic Actuation Microrobotic Systems

  • EMA
  • Review

This review presents different types of electromagnetic actuation (EMA) microrobotic systems that have been designed for various principles of magnetic microrobot locomotion for any given tasks.

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Chen, Ruipeng

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Abstract

To manipulate untethered microrobots the EMA system has to be designed properly to provide sufficient propulsion with respect to application objectives. Great care must be taken in developing an efficient EMA setup, with sufficient degrees of freedom (DOF) and without singularity. Hence, the magnetic microrobotic system must be further investigated to be able to fully comprehend either their capabilities or limitations. Both specifications of the applications and the general design of EMA systems will be comprehensively discussed and analyzed in terms of requirements on the number of electromagnets used, the size of the workspace, the number of degrees of freedom for the locomotion, the manipulability of the control, the unexpected singularities, system stabilization, etc. Therefore, through the similar investigation in the characteristics of the application, the suitable EMA microrobotic system can be designed with respect to the desired movement task with given type of the microrobot.

Keywords: electromagnetic actuation system, microrobots, optimization of magnetic systems

Funding

This work was supported by the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) “Plan Cancer” 2014–2019 program, Project: Microrobots Targeting Glioblastoma.

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BibTeX citation:
@article{ruipeng2022,
  author = {Ruipeng , Chen and Folio , David},
  publisher = {Springer},
  title = {Electromagnetic {Actuation} {Microrobotic} {Systems}},
  journal = {Current Robotics Reports},
  volume = {3},
  number = {3},
  date = {2022-09-01},
  url = {https://dfolio.fr/publications/articles/2022chenCRR.html},
  doi = {10.1007/s43154-022-00081-w},
  issn = {2662-4087},
  langid = {en-US},
  abstract = {To manipulate untethered microrobots the EMA system has to
    be designed properly to provide sufficient propulsion with respect
    to application objectives. Great care must be taken in developing an
    efficient EMA setup, with sufficient degrees of freedom (DOF) and
    without singularity. Hence, the magnetic microrobotic system must be
    further investigated to be able to fully comprehend either their
    capabilities or limitations. Both specifications of the applications
    and the general design of EMA systems will be comprehensively
    discussed and analyzed in terms of requirements on the number of
    electromagnets used, the size of the workspace, the number of
    degrees of freedom for the locomotion, the manipulability of the
    control, the unexpected singularities, system stabilization, etc.
    Therefore, through the similar investigation in the characteristics
    of the application, the suitable EMA microrobotic system can be
    designed with respect to the desired movement task with given type
    of the microrobot.}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Ruipeng C. and Folio D., “Electromagnetic Actuation Microrobotic Systems,” Curr. Robot. Rep, vol. 3, no. 3, September 2022. [Online]. Available: https://dfolio.fr/publications/articles/2022chenCRR.html