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Magnetic Actuation Methods in Bio/Soft Robotics
Author(s) -
Ebrahimi Nafiseh,
Bi Chenghao,
Cappelleri David J.,
Ciuti Gastone,
Conn Andrew T.,
Faivre Damien,
Habibi Neda,
Hošovský Alexander,
Iacovacci Veronica,
Khalil Islam S. M.,
Magdanz Veronika,
Misra Sarthak,
Pawashe Chytra,
Rashidifar Rasoul,
SotoRodriguez Paul Eduardo David,
Fekete Zoltan,
Jafari Amir
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.202005137
Subject(s) - microscale chemistry , robot , soft robotics , robotics , magnetism , soft materials , magnet , artificial intelligence , materials science , realization (probability) , computer science , medical robotics , nanotechnology , mechanical engineering , control engineering , engineering , physics , statistics , mathematics education , mathematics , quantum mechanics
In recent years, magnetism has gained an enormous amount of interest among researchers for actuating different sizes and types of bio/soft robots, which can be via an electromagnetic‐coil system, or a system of moving permanent magnets. Different actuation strategies are used in robots with magnetic actuation having a number of advantages in possible realization of microscale robots such as bioinspired microrobots, tetherless microrobots, cellular microrobots, or even normal size soft robots such as electromagnetic soft robots and medical robots. This review provides a summary of recent research in magnetically actuated bio/soft robots, discussing fabrication processes and actuation methods together with relevant applications in biomedical area and discusses future prospects of this way of actuation for possible improvements in performance of different types of bio/soft robots.