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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 titleCAREER: Magnetically Controlled Microfluidic Delivery and Locomotion in Miniature Soft Rob
Award ID2441459
AwardeeVanderbilt University
CityNASHVILLE
StateTN
Amount obligated$622,769
Principal investigatorXiaoguang Dong
ProgramFRR-Foundationl Rsrch Robotics
Start date06/01/2025
AbstractThis 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
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