The research of Wang Lab is focused on the following aspects.
- Modeling and design of novel magnetic sensing and actuation principles, including new magnetic materials, structures and functions.
- Design of intelligent estimation, control, planning, and learning algorithms for magnetic navigation of medical robots.
- Design and development of magnetic navigation systems for 6-DoF pose/shape tracking, actuation, locomotion, and manipulation of multi-scale miniature medical robots.
- Design of simulation platform to facilitate research, development and application of magnetic robots in minimally invasive medicine.
Group News
2024
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(June 30, 2024) Our paper titled “A Wireless 6-DoF Pose Tracking System Using a Triaxially Anisotropic Soft Magnet” has been accepted by IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics!
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(Jan. 05, 2024) Our paper titled “A Compact and Robust 6-DoF Pose Tracking System Using Magnetic-Inertial Sensors and a Single Uniaxial Electromagnetic Coil” has been accepted by IEEE Sensors Journal!
2023
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(Dec. 04, 2023) Our conference paper titled “Active 6-DoF Electromagnetic Pose Tracking Using Orientation Control of the Magnetic Source” has been presented on 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO).
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(Nov. 18, 2023) Our paper titled “Three-degrees-of-freedom orientation manipulation of small untethered robots with a single anisotropic soft magnet” has been accepted by Nature Communications and selected as the editors’ highlight paper in the area of “Applied Mathematics and Physics”! This work proposes a new soft-magnet-based magnetic actuation method and achieved full 3-DoF orientation manipulation of a single magnetic object, which is not feasible for existing permanent-magnet-based robots.
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(Jul. 26, 2023) We hosted a seminar talk by Prof. Shuangyi Wang from the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences on “Practice and Exploration of Robotic Upgrades in Medical Diagnosis and Treatment Equipment”.
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(Jun. 28, 2023) Our paper titled “A Virtual Ultrasonography Simulator for Skill Training Using Magnetic-Inertial Probe Tracking” has been accepted by IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics!
2022
- (Sep. 23, 2022) Our article “Identification of Workspace of the Soft-Magnet Based Position Tracking System for Medical Robots Using Parallel Experiments” has been accepted by IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification and presented on 2022 International Conference on Digital Twins and Parallel Intelligence. This paper won the Best Application Paper Award!