Automatic Navigation Scheme for Micro-Robot Using Magnetic Potential Field Through Field Free Point

Magnetic actuation is particularly useful due to its deep penetration and safety to control microrobots for biomedical purposes. This paper proposes an automatic navigation algorithm using a magnetic potential field in the form of a Field Free Point (FFP). The FFP is a powerful tool for magnetic act...

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Main Authors: Yonggyu Kim, Myungjin Park, Hosu Lee, Jungwon Yoon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10436644/
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description Magnetic actuation is particularly useful due to its deep penetration and safety to control microrobots for biomedical purposes. This paper proposes an automatic navigation algorithm using a magnetic potential field in the form of a Field Free Point (FFP). The FFP is a powerful tool for magnetic actuation because of its efficiency and versatility, and it can also be used in Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI). The FFP provides efficiency and versatility in imaging and actuation and the ability to perform both functions on a single device without additional hardware. We suggest a novel navigation scheme based on FFP and Magnetic Potential Field (MPF) to achieve automatic navigation. It consists of a modified attractive field with velocity-based disturbance cancellation and a repulsive field to avoid collision. The suggested algorithm, leveraging microrobot movements and effectively addressing disturbance as inertia, is characterized by its capability to reduce deviations. Thus, simulations were conducted to tune the parameters and evaluate the proposed actuation scheme&#x2019;s effectiveness. Also, the entire algorithm&#x2019;s performance was verified through experiments in a dynamic environment with moving fluid and obstacles. The results demonstrated the proposed navigation system&#x2019;s robustness in reaching the micro-robot to its destination even in an environment with a peak fluid velocity of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$80 mm/s$ </tex-math></inline-formula>.
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spelling doaj.art-88b3207f1cbe418ca9aa0c863cfc112e2024-03-01T00:00:43ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362024-01-0112301353014510.1109/ACCESS.2024.336633210436644Automatic Navigation Scheme for Micro-Robot Using Magnetic Potential Field Through Field Free PointYonggyu Kim0https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2734-6333Myungjin Park1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9616-1500Hosu Lee2Jungwon Yoon3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1350-5334Center for Healthcare Robotics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, South KoreaSchool of Integrated Technology, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South KoreaDepartment of Control and Robot Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South KoreaSchool of Integrated Technology, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South KoreaMagnetic actuation is particularly useful due to its deep penetration and safety to control microrobots for biomedical purposes. This paper proposes an automatic navigation algorithm using a magnetic potential field in the form of a Field Free Point (FFP). The FFP is a powerful tool for magnetic actuation because of its efficiency and versatility, and it can also be used in Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI). The FFP provides efficiency and versatility in imaging and actuation and the ability to perform both functions on a single device without additional hardware. We suggest a novel navigation scheme based on FFP and Magnetic Potential Field (MPF) to achieve automatic navigation. It consists of a modified attractive field with velocity-based disturbance cancellation and a repulsive field to avoid collision. The suggested algorithm, leveraging microrobot movements and effectively addressing disturbance as inertia, is characterized by its capability to reduce deviations. Thus, simulations were conducted to tune the parameters and evaluate the proposed actuation scheme&#x2019;s effectiveness. Also, the entire algorithm&#x2019;s performance was verified through experiments in a dynamic environment with moving fluid and obstacles. The results demonstrated the proposed navigation system&#x2019;s robustness in reaching the micro-robot to its destination even in an environment with a peak fluid velocity of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$80 mm/s$ </tex-math></inline-formula>.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10436644/Micro-manipulationautomatic navigationfield free pointmicrorobot
spellingShingle Yonggyu Kim
Myungjin Park
Hosu Lee
Jungwon Yoon
Automatic Navigation Scheme for Micro-Robot Using Magnetic Potential Field Through Field Free Point
IEEE Access
Micro-manipulation
automatic navigation
field free point
microrobot
title Automatic Navigation Scheme for Micro-Robot Using Magnetic Potential Field Through Field Free Point
title_full Automatic Navigation Scheme for Micro-Robot Using Magnetic Potential Field Through Field Free Point
title_fullStr Automatic Navigation Scheme for Micro-Robot Using Magnetic Potential Field Through Field Free Point
title_full_unstemmed Automatic Navigation Scheme for Micro-Robot Using Magnetic Potential Field Through Field Free Point
title_short Automatic Navigation Scheme for Micro-Robot Using Magnetic Potential Field Through Field Free Point
title_sort automatic navigation scheme for micro robot using magnetic potential field through field free point
topic Micro-manipulation
automatic navigation
field free point
microrobot
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10436644/
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