Journal
ADVANCED SCIENCE
Volume 8, Issue 17, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202101198
Keywords
magnetic robots; modular devices; reconfigurable devices; wireless devices; wireless power transfer
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- Max Planck Society
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Small-scale wireless magnetic robots and devices can operate in hard-to-reach and high-risk enclosed places, but their capabilities and power sources are limited, requiring integration of electronic components. Millimeter/centimeter-scale wireless magnetic modules can operate highly demanding wireless electrical devices without batteries, with the ability for remote modification and reconfiguration.
Small-scale wireless magnetic robots and devices offer an effective solution to operations in hard-to-reach and high-risk enclosed places, such as inside the human body, nuclear plants, and vehicle infrastructure. In order to obtain functionalities beyond the capability of magnetic forces and torques exerted on magnetic materials used in these robotic devices, electronics need to be also integrated into them. However, their capabilities and power sources are still very limited compared to their larger-scale counterparts due to their much smaller sizes. Here, groups of milli/centimeter-scale wireless magnetic modules are shown to enable on-site electronic circuit construction and operation of highly demanding wireless electrical devices with no batteries, that is, with wireless power. Moreover, the mobility of the modular components brings remote modification and reconfiguration capabilities. When these small-scale robotic modules are remotely assembled into specific geometries, they can achieve, if not impossible, challenging electrical tasks for individual modules. Using such a method, several wireless and battery-free robotic devices are demonstrated using milli/centimeter-scale robotic modules, such as a wireless circuit to power light-emitting diodes with lower external fields, a device to actuate relatively high force-output shape memory alloy actuators, and a wireless force sensor, all of which can be modified on-site.
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