Miniature Soft Robot With Magnetically Reprogrammable Surgical Functions

Advanced Materials 2026 Open access

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Authors: Chelsea Shan Xian Ng, Yu Xuan Yeoh, Nicholas Yong Wei Foo, Keerthana Radhakrishnan, Guo Zhan Lum
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202523056
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Abstract

Magnetic miniature robots are untethered actuators, which can prospectively make existing minimally invasive surgery considerably safer and painless, and enable unprecedented treatments because they are much smaller and dexterous than existing surgical robots. However, such actuators are restricted to possessing at most two on-board functionalities, having limited five degrees-of-freedom (DOF) locomotion, or are only operational under specialized environments where actuation from strong external magnets must be at very close proximity (

Fields of Study & Subjects

Micro and Nano Robotics Soft Robotics and Applications Advanced Materials and Mechanics

Publication details

Journal / source
Advanced Materials
Publisher
Wiley
Volume
38
Issue
48
Pages
e23056–e23056
Publication date
15 May 2026
Language
EN