138 results about "Micro robotics" patented technology

A system for applying eyelashes, the system including a first micro-robot, including a first plurality of magnets, and a wire comb, wherein the wire comb includes an attachment end, and a second micro-robot, including a second plurality of magnets, a tube configured to accept the wire comb, and a gripper configured to secure and release an eyelash. Further, A method of applying eyelashes, including securing a first micro-robot having a wire comb to a first location, sliding a second micro-robot along the wire comb with a tube so that a gripper of the second micro-robot contacts an attachment end of the wire comb, gripping an eyelash between the gripper and the attachment end, positioning the first microrobot and the second micro-robot to apply the eyelash, retracting the gripper from the attachment end, and applying the eyelash.

An eyelash dispenser including one or more micro-robots, and one or more single eyelashes, eyelash clusters, or a combination thereof, where each micro-robot of the one or more micro-robots is configured to carry and apply a single eyelash or an eyelash cluster. Further, a method of applying eye lashes, the method including inserting an eyelash dispenser into an eyelash application system, releasing one or more micro-robots from the eyelash dispenser onto a printed circuit board (PCB), positioning the one or more micro-robots at a lash line of an eye, and applying one or more single eyelashes or eyelash clusters with the one or more micro-robots.

The present invention relates to a method for synchronizing movement control and location recognition for a micro-robot by using a bed-integrated electromagnetic field apparatus, and more specifically to a method for synchronizing movement control and location recognition for a micro-robot by using an electromagnetic field apparatus which enables precise movement control for a micro-robot and simultaneously enables location recognition for the micro-robot, and enables miniaturization of the apparatus, thereby having excellent compatibility with other medical equipment.

The invention discloses a micro-robot joint driving mechanism and a multi-joint micro-robot, and relates to the technical field of micro-robots. According to the joint driving mechanism, through the axial integrated arrangement of the shell, the brushless outer rotor motor, the multi-stage meshing transmission assembly, the power output connecting piece and the circuit board and the integrated design of a stator of the brushless outer rotor motor and the circuit board, a compact micro structure is achieved; and a closed-loop position detection system formed by a magnetic encoder and a magnetic ring is matched, so that high torque output and high transmission efficiency are realized under the condition of miniaturized volume, and meanwhile, part redundancy is reduced so as to reduce the cost. The mechanism solves the problem that miniaturization, high torque and low cost are difficult to consider in the prior art, and can be widely applied to miniature multi-joint robots.

The invention discloses a remote rail fault intelligent detection system based on big data driving, and relates to the technical field of rail traffic intelligent monitoring and state maintenance. The problems that a traditional detection method is high in manual dependence, slow in response and lack of prediction and self-repairing capacity are solved. According to the method, multi-source data are acquired through a fixed sensing network and a mobile inspection vehicle, a multi-scale digital twin is constructed and updated, and a probabilistic fault evolution graph is generated based on a random phase field model; collaborative judgment is carried out based on distributed edge computing nodes, and a maintenance scheme is generated by adopting a hybrid geometric distance retrieval immune memory bank; and finally, collaborative repair is executed through mixed reality and a micro-robot cluster, and continuous optimization of the system is realized based on federated learning and case-based reasoning. According to the system, integrated closed loop of track state sensing, fault prediction, intelligent decision making and self-repairing is achieved, and the detection foreseeability, the maintenance accuracy and the system self-adaptive capacity are improved.

A system for applying eyelashes, the system including a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) substrate, a motor base located under the flexible PCB substrate, and plurality of linear actuators coupled to the motor base, wherein the plurality of linear actuators is configured to adjust the flexible PCB substrate. Further, a method of applying an eyelash, including positioning one or more micro-robots onto a flexible PCB substrate, adjusting a pitch, yaw, roll, or a combination thereof of the one or more micro-robots with plurality of linear actuators under the flexible PCB substrate, and applying the eyelash with the one or more micro-robots.

This invention relates to the field of microrobot technology, and in particular to a droplet transport magnetically controlled thin-film robot, its preparation method, and its applications. The droplet transport magnetically controlled thin-film robot includes a connecting plate with symmetrically arranged movable plates on both sides. The movable plates, located away from the connecting plate, can move towards the top of the connecting plate until they converge and adhere to the droplet surface. The droplet transport magnetically controlled thin-film robot of this invention has a simple manufacturing process and is easy to drive; it can achieve accurate, efficient, rapid, and long-distance fixed-point droplet transport, sub-droplet distribution, droplet merging, and stirring. The droplet transport magnetically controlled thin-film robot of this invention can operate in an open microfluidic environment, without requiring specially customized surfaces such as electrode arrays or tiny flow channels, enabling more flexible microdroplet transport.

A micro-robot crane system including a microrobot crane having a back micro-robot, including a first plurality of magnets, a rotary bearing, and a separation arm, where the separation arm includes a separating tip, and a front micro-robot, including a second plurality of magnets, a mount configured to slide along the separation arm, and a mechanical stop, configured to prevent the separation arm from disengaging from the mount, and where the front micro-robot is configured to raise and lower the separation arm. Further, a method of separating an eyelash, the method including moving a first micro-robot crane to a first side of an eye, positioning a separator tip of a separator arm into a lash line of the eye by moving a front micro-robot of the first micro-robot crane, and moving the first micro-robot crane in a first direction to separate a first side of the eyelashes.

An eyelash dispenser including one or more micro-robots, and one or more single eyelashes, eyelash clusters, or a combination thereof, where each micro-robot of the one or more micro-robots is configured to carry and apply a single eyelash or an eyelash cluster. Further, a method of applying eyelashes, the method including inserting an eyelash dispenser into an eyelash application system, releasing one or more micro-robots from the eyelash dispenser onto a printed circuit board (PCB), positioning the one or more micro-robots at a lash line of an eye, and applying one or more single eyelashes or eyelash clusters with the one or more micro-robots.

1. Name of the design product: Circuit board (nano board, micro robot controller). 2. Use of the design product: Circuit board for robotway nano micro robot, which can support user-defined programming. 3. Design points of the design product: in shape. 4. Picture or photo that best indicates the design points: front view.

The invention belongs to the technical field of magnetic control micro-robots and intelligent control, and relates to a mudskipper-imitating magnetic control micro-robot and a control method thereof.The mudskipper-imitating magnetic control micro-robot system comprises a robot body and a control part, and the robot body is composed of two magnetic driving sub-modules and an energy storage module; the two magnetic driving sub-modules are symmetrically fixed at two ends of the energy storage module at a preset interval, and the energy storage module is used for realizing non-magnetic connection of the two magnetic driving sub-modules; the control part comprises a magnetic field generation module for forming a driving magnetic field around the robot body and a controller for adjusting the magnetic field generation module to change the magnetic field intensity and direction so as to drive the robot body to realize jumping motion; the robot designed by the invention can adapt to large deformation of intestinal peristalsis, efficiently cross mucous membrane wrinkles, adapt to unstructured characteristics of intestinal tracts, and can accurately reach a focus area to provide a path for accurate diagnosis and treatment of intestinal diseases.

The present disclosure relates to an electromagnetic driving system for solving the clinical need for different magnetic field modes for assisting drug delivery, while the prior art is difficult to generate different magnetic field modes using one electromagnetic driving system. The present disclosure proposes a micro-robot magnetic manipulation system with an expandable spherical large working space, which adopts a modular mechanical design and can generate gradient magnetic fields, uniform magnetic fields, rotating magnetic fields, oscillating magnetic fields, and dispersed gradient magnetic fields in the spherical space, thereby facilitating the manipulation of the deformation and movement of micro-robots of any shape and quantity, and delivering drugs to the corresponding positions in the human body.

A tetherless magnetic impact needle robot (MINRob) based on a triple-magnet system with reversible and repeatable magnetic collisions to overcome this constraint on output force. The working procedure of the system is divided into several states, and a mathematical model is developed to predict and optimize the force output. These force values in magnetic impact and penetration are obtained from a customized setup, indicating a 10-fold increase compared with existing miniature robots that only utilize magnetic attractive force. Eventually, the MINRob is integrated with a teleoperation system, enabling remote and precise control of the robot's position and orientation. The triple-magnet system offers promising locomotion patterns and penetration capacity via the notably increased force output, showing great potential in robot-assisted tissue penetration in minimally invasive healthcare.

The invention discloses a bionic underwater robot based on electromagnetic drive flexible hinge jet propulsion and a motion control method of the bionic underwater robot, and belongs to the technical field of bionic actuators and robots. The multiple electromagnetic actuators arranged in a matrix mode are sequentially connected to form a hinge structure, every two vertically adjacent electromagnetic actuators are symmetrically arranged, the multiple electromagnetic actuators are all arranged on the rear side of the fairing and connected with the fairing through connecting pieces, and the multiple electromagnetic actuators are independently controlled; the comprehensive phase difference and the reversing time difference of the multiple electromagnetic actuators are controlled through the electromagnetic driving controller, differential propulsion is achieved, and flexible steering and efficient movement are achieved. The overall structure simulates the jellyfish appearance design, the appearance design conforming to the flowing resistance reduction characteristic is adopted, the resistance during movement in water can be effectively reduced, the electromagnetic driver is used for generating power, the annular flexible structure is extruded to enable a fluid medium to be rapidly sprayed out, and efficient underwater propelling of the micro-robot is achieved.

The invention relates to the technical field of micro-robots, and discloses a soft micro-robot based on vibration regulation and control and an air-ground directional delivery control method thereof, and the soft micro-robot comprises a machine body main body, and a driving unit, an integrated chip and a flexible oblique beam array which are arranged on the machine body main body. According to the multi-degree-of-freedom ground robot, the single eccentric motor serves as a vibration driving source, multi-degree-of-freedom ground movement of straight movement, left turning and right turning of the robot can be achieved only by adjusting the vibration frequency by means of the resonance frequency difference of thin plates with asymmetric slits on the two sides of the robot body, and a plurality of driving joints, complex transmission mechanisms or multi-channel coordination control circuits do not need to be configured; the problems that a traditional bionic leg type piezoelectric driving micro-robot is complex in structure, high in manufacturing cost and large in control difficulty are thoroughly solved. Meanwhile, the control end only needs to output a single frequency signal, complex trajectory planning and parameter calculation are not needed, the system power consumption and the operation threshold are reduced, and the operation reliability of equipment in a severe environment is improved.

The application discloses a kind of micro tube robot assembly, drive and radial extrusion method, assembly includes the following steps: step one, 0.05-2wt.% magnetic colloidal particles are assembled into two-dimensional monolayer colloidal film under xy plane oscillation magnetic field;Step two, z direction direct current magnetic field is applied and gradually increase magnetic field intensity, until monolayer colloidal film breaks into sheet;Step three, precession magnetic field is applied, sheet is bent to form the micro tube robot of dense hollow tubular structure;Drive: micro tube robot can be accurately controlled by three-dimensional magnetic field and drive direction and speed, hollow interior space is used to capture and transport micro cargo;Radial extrusion: micro tube robot assembled under oscillation magnetic field can realize radial direction repeated extrusion without breaking.The present application realizes metastable assembly from one-dimensional isotropic microspheres to three-dimensional micro tubular micro robots for the first time, is suitable for newtonian fluid and non-newtonian fluid, and can meet different application scenarios.

Systems and methods for computation and application of eyelash enhancements to all or part of a subject's eyelashes. A system includes circuitry configured for a visual analysis of the subject's eyelashes and computation of at least one option for the eyelash enhancement based on the visual analysis, and circuitry configured to direct at least one micro-robot to apply the eyelash enhancement to the subject's eyelashes.

The invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle wing internal damage inspection system which comprises a micro inspection robot and a control terminal, the micro robot is provided with two joints, the angle is accurately controlled through a steering engine, and the shape is freely changed; the whole body adopts a covering track design, so that the road holding force is strong; due to the transmission ratio of 8.3: 1, the power is stronger, and the aircraft can easily climb over obstacles in the wings; due to the design of an integrated circuit, the robot has high robustness; and the high-definition camera arranged on the head can transmit the scene inside the wing back to the control terminal to be displayed and stored in real time. The display and control terminal is provided with display and control terminal software, has the functions of sending control instructions, receiving telemetry signals, displaying robot joint angles, giving a low-power alarm of the robot, video redisk, screenshot and the like, and controls the robot to check all components and structures in the wing in real time. According to the unmanned aerial vehicle wing internal damage patrol system, the micro-robot enters the unmanned aerial vehicle wing internal damage patrol, and the unmanned aerial vehicle wing internal damage patrol is displayed by the display control terminal, so that judgment of the unmanned aerial vehicle wing internal damage position and degree is realized, and safety guarantee is provided for unmanned aerial vehicle flight.

The invention belongs to the technical field of micro-robots, and particularly relates to a pulse laser responsive colloid micro-nano robot and a preparation method and application thereof.The micro-nano robot is of a spherical structure and comprises a core layer and a functional layer from inside to outside, and the functional layer wraps the core layer; the core layer is made of a thermal response phase change material, the functional layer is made of a noble metal nano material, and the noble metal nano material of the functional layer can absorb and convert near-infrared pulse laser into heat, so that the core layer is subjected to phase change, and the micro-nano robot is driven to realize stepping motion and penetrate through a physical barrier. The micro-nano robot is prepared through the steps of high-energy ultrasonic mechanical emulsification, chemical reduction and the like. The micro-nano robot can be used as a universal carrier, is used for loading chemotherapeutic drugs, gene drugs or photo-thermal therapeutic agents, realizes an integrated function of barrier penetration-targeted drug delivery-collaborative treatment for tumor deep delivery, blood brain barrier penetration and the like, and provides a brand new technical path for diagnosis and treatment of brain glioma and other diseases.

This invention provides a magnetically controlled microrobot system and its usage method, relating to the interdisciplinary field of ophthalmic medical devices and magnetically controlled robots. The magnetically controlled microrobot system includes an electromagnetic drive device, a magnetic microrobot, and a control device. The electromagnetic drive device includes a first electromagnetic array and a second electromagnetic array whose magnetic field directions are at an angle. The first and second electromagnetic arrays together form a driving magnetic field that can be controlled in multiple dimensions. The magnetic microrobot includes a magnetic body for responding to the driving magnetic field to perform multi-degree-of-freedom motion and / or posture adjustment. The control device is communicatively connected to the magnetic electromagnetic drive device and is used to control the electromagnetic drive device to generate a target magnetic field to drive the magnetic microrobot to perform the target operation. When used to treat rhegmatogenous retinal detachment, this magnetically controlled microrobot system enables controllable, multi-degree-of-freedom, and precise control of the magnetic microrobot within the limited space inside the eye.

The invention relates to an electromagnet and shape memory alloy hybrid driven multi-gait micro-robot which comprises a main body frame, a cantilever beam electromagnetic driving structure, a front leg assembly and a rear leg assembly are installed on the main body frame, the front leg assembly comprises a single leg unit with a limiting patella and a flexible joint, and an electromagnetic driver drives the front leg assembly to swing periodically; the rear legs deform through power-on and power-off of the shape memory alloy strips, the elevation angle of the robot body is adjusted, the robot can switch gaits, namely, when the terrain is flat, the alloy strips are bent, electromagnetic drive excites resonance, and high-frequency running of the front legs is achieved; the robot can be controlled in an off-line mode, the problem that the speed and obstacle crossing of an existing micro-robot are difficult to consider at the same time is solved, and the robot is suitable for complex terrains such as flat ground and tiny steps.

An imaging apparatus and method for a vascular network structure, and a storage medium. The imaging apparatus comprises an imaging device (210), an image processing device (220), and a magnetic field driving device (230). The imaging device (210) captures a developed image of a target area and transfers the developed image to the image processing device (220). The image processing device (220) determines, according to the developed image, an exploration direction and sends the determined exploration direction to the magnetic field driving device (230). The magnetic field driving device (230) drives, according to the exploration direction, a cluster of magnetically driven micro-robots in the vascular network within the target area to move. As the magnetic field drives the cluster of magnetically driven micro-robots to move, the imaging apparatus and method can achieve reverse flow in blood vessels or active movements in low-flow-rate obstructed or narrow branches, so that an accurate structure of the blood vessel network can be acquired, improving the accuracy of vascular network structure recognition.

The invention relates to the technical field of micro-robots, and discloses a micro-robot capable of dissolving biological clots, comprising: a cylinder in which a mounting cavity is defined; the magnetic coil is positioned in the mounting cavity and is spirally wound along the axial direction of the barrel body; the pH detection circuit is arranged in the barrel and comprises a pH induction coil and a pH sensitive layer, the pH induction coil and the pH sensitive layer form an LC loop, and the capacitance value of the LC loop is configured to change along with the change of the real-time pH value of the liquid to be detected; the medicine unit is arranged at the front end of the cylinder body and comprises a soluble block medicine, and the medicine unit is configured to be capable of releasing the soluble block medicine when the real-time pH value is lower than the preset pH value; and the tail fin is arranged at the rear end of the cylinder body. According to the microrobot capable of dissolving the biological clots, fixed-point drug delivery can be achieved, and the problems that in the prior art, the whole-body bleeding risk exists and the local drug concentration of the biological clots is low due to the fact that the biological clots are dissolved through whole-body drug delivery are solved.

The invention provides an active pneumatic control system based on an electroactive polymer fiber array and a miniature flight detection device, belongs to the technical field of miniature robots and intelligent materials, and aims to solve the problem that a passive wind power aircraft cannot be actively controlled. The control system comprises a fiber array composed of a plurality of independent EAP flexible fibers, and a control module capable of applying accurate electric signals to specified fibers. The electric signals drive the fibers to generate reversible deformation, so that the collective pneumatic form of the fiber array is changed. The detection device mainly comprises a detector main body, a fiber system and an attitude control system. The fiber system is composed of a fiber array and is unfolded in a natural state to form a windward sail face providing pneumatic elasticity. The attitude control system symmetrically or asymmetrically drives the fiber array through a control module, changes the three-dimensional configuration of the sail surface, adjusts the aerodynamic characteristics in real time, and achieves the precise control of the flight height and direction. The passive aircraft is suitable for a deep space exploration environment.

A microrobot including a propulsion system with a propulsion structure deformable in elongation / contraction along a main axis, an actuator or actuation zone configured to actuate sequentially elongation / contraction cycles of the propulsion structure, a light source aimed at, when activated, emitting at least one predetermined light signal, and a remote control unit. The light source includes an optical fiber, and is configured to be activated by the remote control unit, and the actuator or actuation zone is configured to be activated by the light signal emitted from the light source.

The application provides a control method and system for non-contact operation tasks of a magnetic micro robot, and the method comprises the following steps: acquiring a current position state, wherein the current position state comprises a current position of a target object and a relative distance between the magnetic micro robot and the target object; a motion model performs position state prediction according to the current position state to obtain a predicted position state at a next moment; a magnetic field control parameter is generated by taking a safe distance as a constraint and minimizing an error between an ideal position state and the predicted position state as an objective, wherein the safe distance refers to a target distance between the magnetic micro robot and the target object, and the magnetic field control parameter comprises a magnetic field direction and a magnetic field frequency; and the magnetic field is controlled according to the magnetic field control parameter to drive the magnetic micro robot to push the target object to move along a planned path. In this way, an accurate and flexible control method for non-contact operation tasks of the magnetic micro robot is realized.

The utility model relates to a micro-robot mounting bracket for photovoltaic cleaning. The mounting bracket comprises a bracket body, the bracket body is in an arch bridge shape, a track mounting seat is arranged at the arch end of the bracket body, a dovetail through groove for clamping a sliding rail of the micro-robot is formed in the track mounting seat, clamping seats horizontally extend outwards from the two sides of the bracket body, each clamping seat is composed of two clamping plates, and the clamping plates are clamped through locking bolts. After the structure is adopted, through the design of the arch-bridge-shaped support body and the cooperation with the clamping bases on the two sides, the overall supporting effect is ideal, and meanwhile fixation of the dovetail through groove and the rail is more stable.

Assembly (10) comprising a micro-robot (12) configured to navigate through an anatomical target area located inside a human body connected to the outside of the human body through an anatomic opening (O). The assembly comprises at least one flexible delivery conduct (14) and a tool platform (16) forming connection zone between the micro-robot and the at least one flexible delivery conduct. A working channel (22) is arranged in the tool platform, presenting a first opening (O1) and a second opening (O2). The first opening of the working channel is connected to the anatomical opening through the at least one flexible delivery conduct, and the second opening of the working channel puts the flexible delivery conduct in relation with the anatomical target area or the micro-robot.

The present application belongs to the technical field of medical devices. The present application discloses a micro robot for preventing microorganism-induced crystalline sediment formation, comprising a degradable main body; at least one driving arm for reversible phase change to generate movement in response to physiological temperature fluctuation is arranged on the degradable main body, and an anchoring arm body for resisting fluid scouring effect to make the degradable main body stably stay in the target physiological cavity is arranged on the other side of the degradable main body away from the driving arm. The present application has the advantages of being capable of effectively inhibiting crystal formation and biofilm construction, and being capable of maintaining good anti-fouling ability for a long time in vivo to avoid becoming a new stone core.

Materials, methods, and systems are provided that are particularly useful for embolizing, for example, a target vascular sac using microgels applied with a microrobot. The microrobot comprises a microgel based on a self-healing material for on-demand controllable aggregation, magnetic agents, such as magnetite nanoparticles, encapsulated in microgels for driving and aggregating microrobots at targeted intravascular locations under physiological blood flow and imaging agents, such as tantalum microparticles, for accurately tracking microrobots in living organisms through clinical medical devices. Related systems and methods are disclosed for delivering and guiding microrobots to accumulate and gather at targeted locations to provide on-demand and reliable embolization therapy under real-time monitoring.