Development of a micro-robot for endoscopes based on wireless power transfer.
This paper develops a new prototype of a wireless micro-robot system for endoscopes. The micro-robot we have fabricated and tested is able to propel itself in the intestine of pig. Its autonomous manner is earthworm-like and driven by linear actuators based on a DC motor. Unlike with conventional micro-robot endoscopes, that wireless module is used for communicating and power transfer. The experimental results show that the driving force of the linear actuator can reach up to 2.55 N and the stable supplying power is up to 480 mW DC power for the receiving coil in the proposed system, which all fulfill the need of the micro-robot system. The micro-robot can creep reliably in the small and large intestine of a pig. The video communication module embedded in the head of the micro-robot can capture the inner picture of the intestine and broadcast it to PC in real-time.
Ye
Dongdong
D
Institute of Precision Engineering and Intelligence Micro-System, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Shanghai Jiao tong University, Shanghai, China. yeddon@sjtu.edu.cn
Yan
Guozheng
G
Wang
Kundong
K
Ma
Guanying
G
D000818:Animals; D020776:Endoscopes, Gastrointestinal; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D007420:Intestine, Large / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000601:surgery; D008124:Locomotion; D008904:Miniaturization; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*; D013552:Swine; D014741:Video Recording / Q000379:methods