Salvato in:
Dettagli Bibliografici
Autori principali: Lin, Jialin, Zhang, Dandan
Natura: Preprint
Pubblicazione: 2026
Soggetti:
Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.14396
Tags: Aggiungi Tag
Nessun Tag, puoi essere il primo ad aggiungerne!!
_version_ 1866908887719870464
author Lin, Jialin
Zhang, Dandan
author_facet Lin, Jialin
Zhang, Dandan
contents Despite the promise of magnetically actuated miniature helical robots for minimally invasive interventions, state-of-the-art electromagnetic actuation systems are often space-inefficient and geometrically fixed. These constraints hinder clinical translation and, moreover, prevent task-adaptive trade-offs among workspace coverage, energy distribution, and field/gradient capability. We present DexterousMag, a robot-arm-assisted three-coil electromagnetic actuation system that enables continuous geometric reconfiguration of a compact coil group, thereby redistributing magnetic-field and gradient capability for task-adaptive operation. The reconfiguration is realized by a parallel mechanism that exposes a single geometric DOF of the coil group, conveniently parameterized by the polar angle. Using an FEM-based modeling pipeline, we precompute actuation and gradient libraries and quantify the resulting trade-offs under current limits: configurations that favor depth reach expand the feasible region but reduce peak field/gradient, whereas configurations that favor near-surface capability concentrate stronger fields/gradients and support lifting. We validate these trade-offs on representative tasks (deep translation, planar tracking, and 3D lifting) and further demonstrate a proof-of-concept online geometry scheduling scheme for combined tasks, benchmarked against fixed-geometry settings. Overall, DexterousMag establishes continuous geometric reconfiguration as an operational mechanism for enlarging the practical envelope of miniature helical robot actuation while improving energy efficiency and safety.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2603_14396
institution arXiv
publishDate 2026
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle DexterousMag: A Reconfigurable Electromagnetic Actuation System for Miniature Helical Robot
Lin, Jialin
Zhang, Dandan
Systems and Control
Despite the promise of magnetically actuated miniature helical robots for minimally invasive interventions, state-of-the-art electromagnetic actuation systems are often space-inefficient and geometrically fixed. These constraints hinder clinical translation and, moreover, prevent task-adaptive trade-offs among workspace coverage, energy distribution, and field/gradient capability. We present DexterousMag, a robot-arm-assisted three-coil electromagnetic actuation system that enables continuous geometric reconfiguration of a compact coil group, thereby redistributing magnetic-field and gradient capability for task-adaptive operation. The reconfiguration is realized by a parallel mechanism that exposes a single geometric DOF of the coil group, conveniently parameterized by the polar angle. Using an FEM-based modeling pipeline, we precompute actuation and gradient libraries and quantify the resulting trade-offs under current limits: configurations that favor depth reach expand the feasible region but reduce peak field/gradient, whereas configurations that favor near-surface capability concentrate stronger fields/gradients and support lifting. We validate these trade-offs on representative tasks (deep translation, planar tracking, and 3D lifting) and further demonstrate a proof-of-concept online geometry scheduling scheme for combined tasks, benchmarked against fixed-geometry settings. Overall, DexterousMag establishes continuous geometric reconfiguration as an operational mechanism for enlarging the practical envelope of miniature helical robot actuation while improving energy efficiency and safety.
title DexterousMag: A Reconfigurable Electromagnetic Actuation System for Miniature Helical Robot
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.14396