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  • Biomedical Engineering

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  • Magnetically actuated robots face challenges due to parametric uncertainties and environmental disturbances.
  • Controlling flexible endoscopic devices requires robust and adaptive strategies.
  • Levitation of internal components is crucial for minimizing contact and improving maneuverability.

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  • To develop a novel dynamic control approach for magnetically actuated robots using adaptive control.
  • To demonstrate the efficacy of this approach on a Magnetic Flexible Endoscope (MFE).
  • To address challenges posed by unknown dynamic parameters and external disturbances in MFE operation.

Main Methods:

  • Implementation of an adaptive control technique robust to parametric uncertainties and bounded disturbances.
  • Experimental validation using a Magnetic Flexible Endoscope (MFE) with an internal permanent magnet (IPM) and external permanent magnet (EPM).
  • Testing levitation capabilities under conditions of partial knowledge of IPM dynamics and unknown tether behavior.

Main Results:

  • Successful levitation of the MFE was demonstrated, even with incomplete dynamic models.
  • Experiments in an acrylic tube showed a 32% reduction in contact and 1.75x faster task completion compared to previous methods.
  • Colon phantom experiments confirmed faster, smoother exploration and optimal task completion time with the proposed approach.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed adaptive control approach offers robust and efficient dynamic control for magnetically actuated robots.
  • Levitation significantly enhances MFE performance, enabling faster and safer exploration in simulated physiological environments.
  • This technique holds promise for advancing robotic endoscopy and minimally invasive procedures.