CAREER: Magnetically Controlled Microfluidic Delivery and Locomotion in Miniature Soft Rob — NSF Award to Vanderbilt University (T
This Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award supports research on miniature soft robots with magnetically controlled microfluidics for precision medicine, enabling safe, precise, and rapid access to confined spaces within the body for minimally invasive procedures. Despite recent advancements in the actuation,
| Award title | CAREER: Magnetically Controlled Microfluidic Delivery and Locomotion in Miniature Soft Rob |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2441459 |
| Awardee | Vanderbilt University |
| City | NASHVILLE |
| State | TN |
| Amount obligated | $622,769 |
| Principal investigator | Xiaoguang Dong |
| Program | FRR-Foundationl Rsrch Robotics |
| Start date | 06/01/2025 |
| Abstract | This Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award supports research on miniature soft robots with magnetically controlled microfluidics for precision medicine, enabling safe, precise, and rapid access to confined spaces within the body for minimally invasive procedures. Despite recent advancements in the actuation, control, localization, and navigation of magnetically actuated soft robots, their functionality remains constrained by size and structural simplicity. To overcome these limitations |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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