Magnetic Milligripper Platform for Biomedical and Biological Applications
Doha Abdelrahman, Alain Savary, Bernard Feuillard, Marc Heuschkel, Dario Principi, Adrien Roux, Christophe Besson · 2026
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Description
Abdelrahman and colleagues present a 2026 magnetic milligripper, a tiny untethered gripping tool meant for grasping and moving objects inside tight spaces in the body. Their design folds a titanium structure and adds two tilted permanent magnets, avoiding the hinges and multi-part builds that make similar tools hard to fabricate.
A three-axis coil system steers the gripper, controls its direction and position, and opens and closes it reversibly. A joystick lets one operator drive it in real time. The team checked the design three ways, with a math model of the magnetic forces, computer simulations, and bench experiments, and all three agreed closely. Operation stayed fully elastic across the tested range, supporting the design as a sturdy proof of concept.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Doha Abdelrahman, Alain Savary, Bernard Feuillard, Marc Heuschkel, Dario Principi, Adrien Roux, Christophe Besson |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |