Miniaturization of Implantable Micro-Robot Propulsion Using a Wireless Power Transfer System
This paper presents an efficient coil design for a mm-sized micro-robot which generates a propulsion force and torque and receives electrical energy using a wireless power transfer system. To determine the most efficient coil structures and produce propulsion and torque on the micro-robot, both heli...
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| author | Dongwook Kim Karam Hwang Jaehyoung Park Hyun Ho Park Seungyoung Ahn |
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| description | This paper presents an efficient coil design for a mm-sized micro-robot which generates a propulsion force and torque and receives electrical energy using a wireless power transfer system. To determine the most efficient coil structures and produce propulsion and torque on the micro-robot, both helical and spiral coil modeling was conducted, and analytical formulations of the propulsion force and torque were derived for helical and spiral coil structures. Additionally, the dominant dimensional factors for determining propulsion and coil torque were analyzed in detail. Based on the results, an optimum coil structure for generating maximum force on the micro-robot was developed and is herein presented with dimensional analysis. Simulations and experiments were also conducted to verify the design, and good agreement was achieved. A 3-mm micro-robot that simultaneously generated a propulsion force and torque and received electrical energy via wireless power transfer was successfully fabricated using the proposed method and verified. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ed17b5a4932f451a9b4a65824ddde7822022-12-22T02:48:10ZengMDPI AGMicromachines2072-666X2017-09-018926910.3390/mi8090269mi8090269Miniaturization of Implantable Micro-Robot Propulsion Using a Wireless Power Transfer SystemDongwook Kim0Karam Hwang1Jaehyoung Park2Hyun Ho Park3Seungyoung Ahn4The Cho Chun Shik Graduate School for Green Transportation, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, KoreaThe Cho Chun Shik Graduate School for Green Transportation, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, KoreaThe Cho Chun Shik Graduate School for Green Transportation, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, KoreaDepartment of Electronic Engineering, the University of Suwon, Hwaseong 18123, KoreaThe Cho Chun Shik Graduate School for Green Transportation, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, KoreaThis paper presents an efficient coil design for a mm-sized micro-robot which generates a propulsion force and torque and receives electrical energy using a wireless power transfer system. To determine the most efficient coil structures and produce propulsion and torque on the micro-robot, both helical and spiral coil modeling was conducted, and analytical formulations of the propulsion force and torque were derived for helical and spiral coil structures. Additionally, the dominant dimensional factors for determining propulsion and coil torque were analyzed in detail. Based on the results, an optimum coil structure for generating maximum force on the micro-robot was developed and is herein presented with dimensional analysis. Simulations and experiments were also conducted to verify the design, and good agreement was achieved. A 3-mm micro-robot that simultaneously generated a propulsion force and torque and received electrical energy via wireless power transfer was successfully fabricated using the proposed method and verified.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/8/9/269micro-robotbiomedical deviceswireless power transferminiaturizationpropulsion |
| spellingShingle | Dongwook Kim Karam Hwang Jaehyoung Park Hyun Ho Park Seungyoung Ahn Miniaturization of Implantable Micro-Robot Propulsion Using a Wireless Power Transfer System Micromachines micro-robot biomedical devices wireless power transfer miniaturization propulsion |
| title | Miniaturization of Implantable Micro-Robot Propulsion Using a Wireless Power Transfer System |
| title_full | Miniaturization of Implantable Micro-Robot Propulsion Using a Wireless Power Transfer System |
| title_fullStr | Miniaturization of Implantable Micro-Robot Propulsion Using a Wireless Power Transfer System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Miniaturization of Implantable Micro-Robot Propulsion Using a Wireless Power Transfer System |
| title_short | Miniaturization of Implantable Micro-Robot Propulsion Using a Wireless Power Transfer System |
| title_sort | miniaturization of implantable micro robot propulsion using a wireless power transfer system |
| topic | micro-robot biomedical devices wireless power transfer miniaturization propulsion |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/8/9/269 |
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