Mohamed E M K Abdelaziz, Jinshi Zhao, Bruno Gil Rosa, Hyun-Taek Lee, Daniel Simon, Khushi Vyas, Bing Li, Hanifa Koguna, Yue Li, Ali Anil Demircali, Huseyin Uvet, Gulsum Gencoglan, Arzu Akcay, Mohamed Elriedy, James Kinross, Ranan Dasgupta, Zoltan Takats, Eric Yeatman, Guang-Zhong Yang, Burak Temelkuran
Precise manipulation of flexible surgical tools is crucial in minimally invasive surgical procedures, necessitating a miniature and flexible robotic probe that can precisely direct the surgical instruments. In this work, we developed a polymer-based robotic fiber with a thermal actuation mechanism by local heating along the sides of a single fiber. The fiber robot was fabricated by highly scalable fiber drawing technology using common low-cost materials. This low-profile (below 2 millimeters in diameter) robotic fiber exhibits remarkable motion precision (below 50 micrometers) and repeatability...
January 19, 2024: Science Advances