System integration of magnetic medical microrobots: from design to control

Junjian Zhou; Mengyue Li; Na Li; Yuting Zhou; Jingyi Wang; Niandong Jiao

doi:10.3389/frobt.2023.1330960

System integration of magnetic medical microrobots: from design to control

Front Robot AI. 2023 Dec 19:10:1330960. doi: 10.3389/frobt.2023.1330960. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Junjian Zhou^{1

2

3}, Mengyue Li^{1

2

3}, Na Li^{1

2

3}, Yuting Zhou^{1

2

3}, Jingyi Wang⁴, Niandong Jiao^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.
² Institutes for Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.
³ University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
⁴ College of Information and Electrical Engineering, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, China.

Abstract

Magnetic microrobots are ideal for medical applications owing to their deep tissue penetration, precise control, and flexible movement. After decades of development, various magnetic microrobots have been used to achieve medical functions such as targeted delivery, cell manipulation, and minimally invasive surgery. This review introduces the research status and latest progress in the design and control systems of magnetic medical microrobots from a system integration perspective and summarizes the advantages and limitations of the research to provide a reference for developers. Finally, the future development direction of magnetic medical microrobot design and control systems are discussed.

Keywords: control system; design system; magnetic actuation; medical microrobot; system integration.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos U23A20342, 62273331, 62127811, and 61821005), CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research (Grant No. YSBR-036), and CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams.