The article “‘Magnetic tweezers’ make robotic surgery safer, more precise” highlights an exciting collaboration between Southern Methodist University (SMU) and GW Engineering on the development of a magnetic tweezer system that generates controlled magnetic fields to precisely manipulate microbots during surgical procedures. The data collected by the microbots is transmitted in real time to a haptic interface, allowing surgeons to both visualize and physically sense the remote environment. This innovation enables safer, more accurate, and fully remote non-invasive surgeries.
Here is an excerpt from the article: “Kim built the device with help from Chung Hyuk Park, who leads the Assistive Robotics and Tele-Medicine (ART-Med) Lab at the George Washington University; Yasin Cagatay Duygu, a Ph.D. candidate at SMU’s Mechanical Engineering; Xiao Zhang, a former SMU research assistant and now a system engineer at New York Air Brake; and Baijun Xie, a research assistant at George Washington University. The researchers published a study on the device in the journal Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering.”
Read the full article on SMU’s website, and explore the full research study published in Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering.